How to reference a directory path in a Quarto include?

General
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1

In a presentation, I have a slide.qmd in a directory that i want to reference with its path: "DIRECTORY TO SLIDE"

How can i write this in a variable or meta so i don't have to write the entire "DIRECTORY TO SLIDE" every time?

Thank you for the help you can provide,

---
title:   my title
author:  my name
format:  revealjs
---

## First slide
- with some text content

{{< include <DIRECTORY TO SLIDE>/slide1.qmd >}}

{{< include <DIRECTORY TO SLIDE>/slide2.qmd >}}

## Last slide
end of slides
2

You can define the directory once in the YAML metadata and reference it with a Quarto variable.

For example:

---
title: my title
author: my name
format: revealjs
slide_dir: "DIRECTORY TO SLIDE"
---

Then use:

{{< include {{< meta slide_dir >}}/slide1.qmd >}}
{{< include {{< meta slide_dir >}}/slide2.qmd >}}

This keeps the path in one place, so if the directory changes, you only need to update the YAML.

3

Hi @emmawalter45 , thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, this does not work for me, it gives me a redering error. :frowning: