Markdown to Typst escapes #

[kravlost]

I want to add a page break by writing #pagebreak() in Markdown, but if I convert it to Typst or use Typst to convert the Markdown to PDF, then the # is escaped to \# and Typst ignores it.

Is there a way of getting pandoc to transfer a # to Typst without escaping it so I can write Typst functions in Markdown?

Pandoc 3.5 on Windows 11.

[jgm]

Yes, you can use the raw_attribute extension (enabled by default in pandoc's markdown, and can be enabled in gfm using -t gfm+raw_attribute):

`#pagebreak()`{=typst}

[kravlost]

Genius, thanks!

[iandol]

@kravlost -- this excellent Lua filter supports Typst and allows you to use a generic \pagebreak or \newline, it makes your markdown easier to use with multiple final formats:

https://github.com/pandoc-ext/pagebreak

> pandoc -L pagebreak.lua -t typst

# Title

Some text.

\pagebreak

# Title

More text.


= Title
<title>
Some text.

#pagebreak()

= Title
<title-1>
More text.

[kravlost]

@jgm If I add a Typst page setup block at the top of a markdown file introduced with

```{=typst}

and complile to PDF via typst, there is an extra blank page at the top of the PDF. If I export to Typst and then complile it through Typst, there is no extra page.

Minimum example saved to min-eg.md:

```{=typst}
#set page(
  paper: "a4",
  margin: (x: 2cm, y: 2cm),
)

#align(
  horizon + center,
  [

    #set text(size: 20pt)

    *Minimum example*
  ]
)


#set page(numbering: "1")

#set heading(numbering: "1.1")


#show heading: it => {
  v(1em)
  it
  v(1em)
}
```{comment to show closing backticks on github, this shouldn't be here}


# First section

Goes here

Compliled with: pandoc --pdf-engine=typst -f markdown -o min-eg.pdf min-eg.md this shows an empty page before the first text.

[jgm]

I'm seeing the blank page in both cases: direct to pdf with pandoc or produce standalone typst and then compile with typst.

[jgm]

Note that the blank page is the title page. If you specify a title, it will not be blank.

Instead of adding this command to set the page parameters, why not use the variables already encoded in the default template?

---
margin:
- x: 2cm
- y: 2cm
paper: a4
...

or set them in a defaults file.

[kravlost]

@jgm If I do this, I get an error when compiling to PDF:

error: expected string, found integer
    ┌─ \\?\C:\Users\.....\toPB079.html:129:11
    │
129 │   margin: (1: true,2: true,),
    │            ^

error: expected string, found integer
    ┌─ \\?\C:\Users\.......\toPB079.html:129:19
    │
129 │   margin: (1: true,2: true,),
    │                    ^

Error producing PDF.

[kravlost]

It works with:

margin:
  x: 2cm
  y: 2cm

[jgm]

Yeah, sorry -- that's what I meant to write!

[kravlost]

It's working well now with the title page data in the yaml block, the only thing I'm having to do is add a page break function in Typst so the title data is on a page of its own (pdflatex does this itself).

Thanks for all the help!