Same in HTML export as Guillaume reports for ODT: A {{{title}}} macro in
DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS keywords is unexpanded in the exported meta
tags.
However, macros in the text that reference those keywords, in turn, *do*
expand to the contents of those keywords *with* the title macro
expanded. I attach an example below. So it it seems that the macros get
parsed correctly at some point, but the unparsed macro gets inserted.
Yours,
Christian
---- BEGIN EXAMPLE --------------
#+TITLE: Test macros in keywords
#+DESCRIPTION: {{{title}}}: Do they expand?
#+KEYWORDS: {{{title}}}, Org-mode
In HTML export results, the macros in the DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS
keywords are not expanded:
#+begin_src html
<meta name="description" content="{{{title}}}: Do they expand?" />
<meta name="keywords" content="{{{title}}}, Org-mode" />
#+end_src
But referencing those keywords from macros in the text gives the
expanded results.
- Description: {{{keyword(description)}}}
- Keywords: {{{keyword(keywords)}}}
Exported HTML:
#+begin_src html
<li>Description: Test macros in keywords: Do they expand?</li>
<li>Keywords: Test macros in keywords, Org-mode</li>
#+end_src
---- END EXAMPLE --------------
Guillaume MULLER <guillaume.mul...@emse.fr> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Often when I write ORG files, I use the exact same content for TITLE
> and DESCRIPTION, and almost the same thing for KEYWORDS:
> #+TITLE: My Great Title
> #+DESCRIPTION: My Great Title
> #+KEYWORDS: My, Great, Title
>
> I discovered recently that I could use pre-defined macro to fill the 2
> extra fields automatically, like this (not exactly what I want for KW,
> but it's OK for the moment) [see attached MWE]:
> #+TITLE: My Great Title
> #+DESCRIPTION: {{{TITLE}}}
> #+KEYWORDS: {{{TITLE}}}
>
> When I export to PDF using LaTeX exporter, the "Properties" of the file get
> set correctly. See 2nd attached image.
>
> However, when I export with ODT, the "SUBJECT" and "KEYWORDS" elements
> receive the raw string "{{{TITLE}}}" instead of the evaluation of the
> macro.
>
> I think this is a small bug in the ODT export...
>
> Thanks
>
> Guillaume
>
> [2. text/org; test.org]...
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> [3. image/png; screenshot_2025-04-16-10.34.png]...
>
> [4. image/png; screenshot_2025-04-17-20.07.png]...
>
> [5. OpenPGP public key --- application/pgp-keys;
> OpenPGP_0xF3BCAD9F46F5FADC.asc]...
