be9957bddc
Previously they would be transmitted to the template without
any escaping.
Note that `--M title='*foo*'` yields a different result from
---
title: *foo*
---
In the latter case, we have emphasis; in the former case, just
a string with literal asterisks (which will be escaped
in formats, like Markdown, that require it).
Closes #3792.
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Make sure metadata values are treated as strings, and properly escaped.
% pandoc -t markdown -s -M title="<this> *that*"
ok
^D
---
title: '\<this\> \*that\*'
---
ok