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Define color using local variable

Using this post, I created a variable in my file. Now I want to use it to define a background color in my array :

:first-color: #C0FFEE

[%noheader]
|===
h|{set:cellbgcolor:{first-color}} My Title
|{set:cellbgcolor} First cell
|===

But It did not work, all I have is an extra "}" in my title :

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Is there a way to use variable to define my backgroung color ?

Solution

  • Since my previous answer may be useful in other contexts where CSS styling is supported, I'd rather not modify it and recommend a new solution. What do you think about creating a theme? Like in this YAML configuration file. You can name it my-theme.yml:

    page:
  background-color: #ffffff

table:
  head:
    background-color: $first-color

base:
  font-color: #333333

    Now, this is your asciidoc file:

    :first-color: #C0FFEE

[%noheader,cols="100%"]
|===
h|My Title
|First cell
|===

    And when converting to PDF, use the theme file:

    asciidoctor-pdf -a pdf-theme=my-theme.yml your-file.adoc