ConTeXt: cannot pass options to \inputmarkdown

[ibotty]

I am using markdown from the texlive-markdown-svn66257-69.fc39.noarch package. I don't know how to get the markdown version.

The document

\usemodule[t][markdown]
\starttext
\inputmarkdown[smart_ellipses]{input1.md}
\stoptext

fails with

> context test.mkiv
[...]
tex error       > tex error on line 3 in file /var/home/tob/src/zebra/pdf-generator/examples/output.mkiv: ! Use of \setupmarkdown doesn't match its definition


\doinputmarkdown [#1]#2->\begingroup \iffirstargument \setupmarkdown {
                                                                      #1}\fi \markdownInput {#2}\endgroup
l.3 \inputmarkdown[smart_ellipses]{input1.md}
[...]

It Removing the argument ([smart_ellipses]) it compiles and renders markdown.

Using \setupmarkdown let's me pass options. I'd like to use different options when including markdown though.

[Witiko]

Hi, thanks for using the Markdown package.

I don't know how to get the markdown version.

You can find out as follows:

\usemodule[t][markdown]
\starttext
Markdown version: \markdownVersion
\stoptext

The document [...] fails with [...]
Removing the argument ([smart_ellipses]) it compiles and renders markdown.

This is a bug, thanks for reporting it. It has been fixed in #390 and will be released in Markdown 3.3.0 later this month. The bugfix will be part of the TeX Live 2024 distribution.

Using \setupmarkdown let's me pass options. I'd like to use different options when including markdown though.

You can do this manually as follows:

\usemodule[t][markdown]
\starttext
\begingroup
\setupmarkdown[smart_ellipses]
\inputmarkdown{input1.md}
\endgroup
\stoptext

Here, the option smart_ellipses will only be enabled within \begingroup ... \endgroup.

[ibotty]

Thank you for the prompt fix and the workaround! Very appreciated.