How to Pass Custom Metadata Value to LaTeX Partials?

[TomBener]

Description

Thanks for the kind reply of @cderv.

#7692 has discussed the relevant issue about how to pass custom metadata value to LaTeX Partials. I encountered a similar issue that with this. The value of custom metadata in before-body.tex was expanded, but the same content in title.tex didn't.

The content in _quarto.yml is as follows. As the comment indicates, before-body.tex worked well, while title.tex didn't work:

title: A Quarto Example
author: Author Name
id-number: 230106
major: Computer Science
format:
  pdf:
    template-partials:
      - before-body.tex # Working
      # - title.tex # Not working
    # keep-tex: true

This is the Git repository of all files: https://github.com/TomBener/quarto-cli-9060

And I have also uploaded as a zip file below. Could you help to diagnose the issue. Thanks very much.

test.zip

[mcanouil]

Could you share either as plain text or preferably when sharing multiple files as a Git repository?
It is way much easier to use a Git repository especially because you can see the content and spot obvious things.
Thank you.

[TomBener]

Thanks for reminding. I have created a Git repository here: https://github.com/TomBener/quarto-cli-9060

[cderv]

while title.tex didn't work:

What is the error you get exactly ? Can you share more so I am sure I am looking at the same thing ?

Just to clarify - you need to look at where the template used will be included in the main template.

before-body.tex will be inside \begin{document} but title.tex will be before. I am not sure you can use \begin{table} in the LaTeX preamble and not inside \begin{document} - so not sure your example is really ok to show your issue

title.tex is about the title part
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/blob/main/src/resources/formats/pdf/pandoc/title.tex

[TomBener]

Thanks for your clarification. The error message with title.tex is as follows:

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.138 \begin{table}[ht]

I have understood the cause was exactly what you indicated: \begin{table} should be used inside \begin{document}.