How to repr a content sequence as single content block?

Questions
1

I have a dictionary with a content block value:

#let meta = (
  title: [Free (libre) software]
)

But when I display this dictionary as content using

#meta

(or repr) the content block is displayed as a sequence:

(title: sequence([Free], [ ], [(libre) software]))

I would like to display the dictionary closer to how it has been defined, like

(title: [Free (libre) software])

Is it possible?

2

Something like

#for (key, value) in meta.pairs() {
  [#key: #value]
}

should do the trick, and if you want the parentheses you’ll have to manually place them around the expression.

3

Yes it could work but I’d like to keep the syntax highlighting if possible. If not I’d consider this option or keeping the sequence.

4

What syntax highlighting? The only highlighted words in your answer are #let, #meta, and sequence.

If you want to display the dictionary exactly as it was declared in the code, you should use a raw block:

#let dict-definition = ```typst
(title: [Free (libre) software])
```

#dict-definition

You can recover the dictionary using eval:

#let meta = eval(dict-definition.text)

#meta
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5

Sorry I should have been clearer: I need to display meta after the fact, without changing its definition from #let meta = (...) to raw and eval.

I don’t need to display the dictionary exactly as it was declared in the code, but I’d like content sequences to appear as joined.

6

I don’t understand this. If you’re not altering the dictionary dynamically, i.e. changing its definition, why can’t you re-declare it like in the above example? The definition of meta will be identical, there’s just a little bit (3 lines) of overhead. And you can, of course, declare meta before displaying dict-definition.