How to import typst packages and customize article template?

[fredguth]

Description

I would like to heavily customize the article template used in the typst format. I have some experience creating typst and quarto projects, but this is first time using both together.

I started simply trying to embed a raw typst block with an import:

```{=typst} 
#import "@preview/tablex:0.0.5": tablex, hlinex, vlinex, colspanx, rowspanx
#tablex(
...
    )
    
```

but got an error:

❯ quarto preview /Users/fredguth/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-Personal/Projects/sus/1_Projects/Produto-1/relatorio.qmd --no-browser --no-watch-inputs

Executing 'relatorio.ipynb'

Rendering qmd embeds [relatorio.qmd]
FATAL (/Applications/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:2568) An error occurred:
inlinesToString: expected Inlines, got Inline
...

I also tried importing in _quarto.ymlusing

...
    include-in-header:
      - text: |
        #import "@preview/tablex:0.0.5": tablex, hlinex, vlinex, colspanx, rowspanx

...

Same error.

---

Quarto 1.4.549
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.1.11: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.69.5: OK
      Deno version 1.37.2: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.4.549
      Path: /Applications/quarto/bin

[✓] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2023.01
      Chromium: 869685

[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: /Users/fredguth/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
      Version: 2022

[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.11.7
      Path: /Users/fredguth/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-Personal/Projects/sus/1_Projects/Produto-1/.venv/bin/python
      Jupyter: 5.3.1
      Kernels: python3

[✓] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK

[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.3.2
      Path: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.3.2/lib/R
      LibPaths:
        - /opt/homebrew/lib/R/4.3/site-library
        - /opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.3.2/lib/R/library
      knitr: (None)
      rmarkdown: (None)

      The knitr package is not available in this R installation.
      Install with install.packages("knitr")
      The rmarkdown package is not available in this R installation.
      Install with install.packages("rmarkdown")
      ```

[cscheid]

We always need a full example to be able to reproduce.

[fredguth]

Ok, here it is:

https://github.com/fredguth/mwe-quarto-typst-error

[cscheid]

I can't reproduce with the latest quarto, I think it's a duplicate of #8536

[fredguth]

The error happened with quarto 1.4.549

I downloaded the quarto @ main version 99.9.9 and this version does not yield any error.

Should I close here?

I am not sure if this has anything to do with #8536, though.

[cscheid]

(I've already closed the discussion here. It's the same error, and it's fixed. We'll have a 1.4 patch release soon.)

[fredguth]

👍