Parts environment in LaTeX exam class does not work anymore

[obcode]

See example code at https://github.com/obcode/pandocProblem.

I am generating exams using Pandoc and the LaTeX exam class since many years now.

With Pandoc >= 2.0.0 the parts environment does not work anymore (with unchanged sources).

exam.tex:

\documentclass{exam}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
$body$
\end{questions}
\end{document}

exam.md

\question
\begin{parts}
\part[6]
Hello World!
\end{parts}

using

pandoc --template=exam.tex -o exam.pdf exam.md

gives exam.pdf

while

fullexam.tex

\documentclass{exam}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question
\begin{parts}
\part[6]
Hello World!
\end{parts}
\end{questions}
\end{document}

gives fullexam.pdf, which is what I want and what I got using an older pandoc version.

Since I am doing all my work with Pandoc, it would be nice to use it for the upcoming exams.

[jgm]

Here's the problem. We added support for the standard LaTeX \part command. This requires an argument (not just an optional argument), so the \part[6] is unexpected.

Here's a workaround that should work. Add this to your template, before the body:

\let\oldpart\part
\renewcommand{\part}[1][]{\oldpart[#1]{}}

[obcode]

Thanks. It works. But it is necessary to add curly braces after the part command in the Markdown sources, e.g.,

\part[8]{}

using \part[8] does not work.

No big deal, thanks to sed 😄

[obcode]

Unfortunately adding your fix does not work. I changed https://github.com/obcode/pandocProblem/blob/master/exam.tex and still get https://github.com/obcode/pandocProblem/blob/master/exam.pdf using pandoc --template=exam.tex -o exam.pdf exam.md

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Am 03.11.2017 um 06:41 schrieb John MacFarlane ***@***.***>: No, you don't need the curly braces if you include the macro definitions I gave. That's the whole point of these definitions. — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.