How to use #sym.dash in a private module?

[AMendoza]

Hi all!
I am trying to call #sym.dash in a private module but I get no character (long dash is desired) as output (no error either). The same code runs no problem if it is in the typ document.

Should I import sym somehow explicitly when calling it from modules?
Is there a workaround to do the desired replacement?

let atoms = "C"
let re = regex("(" + atoms + ")-(" + atoms + ")")
  show re : it => {
    let (atom1, atom2) = it.text.match(re).captures
    [#atom1;#sym.dash;#atom2]
  }

This is text with C-B and C-C

[vmartel08]

Hello @AMendoza ,

It would really help if you could post your code snippets in code blocks as described in How to post in the Questions category :

@reknih

If your question pertains to a bit of Typst markup you have problems with, put it in the question body! You can syntax-highlight Typst code by wrapping it in ```typ ... ```. It will then look like this:

#set font(size: 12pt)

Hello from *Typst* at $ pi.var + 1 $ o'clock!

If you need to highlight a code or math mode snippet instead, the language tags typc and typm do that, respectively.

If you try to copy and paste the code from your post yourself, you will see that it can’t compile. Could you please try to edit your post and format it accordingly?

[cAtte]

#let atoms = "C"
#let re = regex("(" + atoms + ")-(" + atoms + ")")
#show re: it => {
  let (atom1, atom2) = it.text.match(re).captures
  atom1 + sym.dash + atom2
}

C-C

this works fine for me (an en dash shows up). you shouldn’t need to do any stuff with imports; sym is a global module and should be available anywhere. i doubt it, but perhaps you’re shadowing it with a local variable of the same name? in that case, you can try writing std.sym.dash (std is a global module that includes all of the other modules as children)

[AMendoza]

Thanks @cAtte , yes this works for me fine. The problem is when I put the let and show statements in a private module and try to style a document with it. Thanks for the suggestion on std.sym.dash, I tried it but it doesn´t work either

[AMendoza]

I saw the edit you did on my post. Thank you for pointing it out!

[aarnent]

I’m not quite sure what you mean by this breaking when you use a private module. Is the issue related to the show rules not working at all? See Making a Template – Typst Documentation in the tutorial

[vmartel08]

Perhaps this is a scoping issue. Or wrong template setup.

I suggest you follow and try:

How to structure a single page template so that one can continue the document after the show function?

Here’s the step by step from regular configuration to a template/style function // in the document #set text(size: 12pt) // rest of document here // in the document #show: doc => { set text(size: 12pt) doc } // rest of document here // in the document #let my-template(doc) = { set text(size: 12pt) doc } #show: my-template // rest of document here Move the function to a different file template.typ #let my-template(doc) = { set text(size: 12pt) doc } main.typ #im…

And maybe show more of your code?