Quarto PDF rendering Error - Not in outer par mode

[franzeder]

Description

When I try to render a quarto book (quarto version 1.4.549), the html rendering works fine. But there is a trouble with rendering the pdf. I always get the error message ERROR: compilation failed- error LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode.

There seems to be a problem with embedding figures in the pdf but I cannot find a way to solve the problem. Has anyone experienced the same problem and found a solution for it?

The problem seems to be linked to imgaes in the environment ::: {.column-margin}:::

Here ist the code for the _quarto.yml file:

project:

type: book

book:
  title: "Minimal Example"
  date: "5/4/2024"
  chapters:
    - index.qmd

bibliography: references.bib

format:
  html:
    theme: cosmo
  pdf:
    documentclass: scrreprt
    keep-tex: true

And here the code for the index.qmd file:

# Minimal Example

Text

::: {.column-margin}
![Example of an Image](800px-Stack_Overflow_logo.png){#fig-sof}
:::

The image file can be downloaded here: 800px-Stack_Overflow_logo.png

Quarto check output

Quarto 1.4.549
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.1.11: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.69.5: OK
      Deno version 1.37.2: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.4.549
      Path: /Applications/quarto/bin

[✓] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2024.05
      Chromium: (not installed)

[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: /Users/c40298/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
      Version: 2024

[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.9.6
      Path: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3
      Jupyter: 5.7.1
      Kernels: python3

[✓] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK

[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.3.0
      Path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
      LibPaths:
        - /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-x86_64/Resources/library
      knitr: 1.44
      rmarkdown: 2.25

[✓] Checking Knitr engine render......OK

[mcanouil]

I have open an issue for this.

Workaround is to ensure a position is set:

---
title: Minimal Example
format: pdf
---

Text

::: {.column-margin}
![Example of an Image](https://placehold.co/600x400.png){#fig-example-image fig-pos="H"}
:::

• Cross-reference figures/tables not working in margin for LaTeX format without "pos" #9582

Edit: alternatively, the div syntax fro cross-reference would also work

---
format: pdf
---

::: {.column-margin #fig-example-image}
![](https://placehold.co/600x400.png)

Example of an Image
:::