Fix poster template math syntax and logo path for pandoc 3.10#23
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Pandoc 3.10's texmath conversion fuses a superscript immediately
followed by a space into one Typst identifier (e.g. ^n k -> ^nk),
which Typst then rejects as an unknown variable. The demo formula used
paren-grouping (\sum_(k=1)^n) instead of proper LaTeX brace-grouping
(\sum_{k=1}^n), which triggers this. See jgm/texmath#291.
Separately, pandoc 3.10 mis-escapes a leading "./" in metadata
interpolated as raw text (same root cause as
quarto-dev/quarto-cli#14664's bibliography path fix), which broke the
institution-logo path. Dropping the redundant "./" avoids the leading
dot entirely.
Both bugs are pandoc-side and unfixed upstream; adjusting the template
content avoids them without waiting on a pandoc release.
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When rendering the poster template with pandoc 3.10, the render fails with a Typst compile error.
Root Cause
Two unrelated pandoc 3.10 regressions compound in this template:
\sum_(k=1)^n kuses paren-grouping instead of proper LaTeX brace-grouping. Pandoc 3.10's texmath conversion fuses a superscript immediately followed by a space into one Typst identifier (^n kbecomes^nk), which Typst then rejects as an unknown variable (Typst writer: superscript fuses with following token when its base is an escaped literal paren jgm/texmath#291).institution-logo: "./images/ncstate.png"starts with./, which pandoc 3.10 mis-escapes as a literal backslash before the dot when interpolated as raw text into the Typst template - the same class of bug already worked around for bibliography paths in Update Pandoc, Typst, Dart Sass, esbuild, and veraPDF quarto-dev/quarto-cli#14664.Fix
Use proper brace-grouping (
\sum_{k=1}^n k) in the demo formula, and drop the redundant leading./from the logo path.Both bugs are upstream in pandoc/texmath and unfixed; adjusting the template content avoids them without waiting on a release.
Test Plan
poster/template.qmdtoposter-typstwith pandoc 3.10 - should complete without errorRelated to jgm/texmath#291, quarto-dev/quarto-cli#14664