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Using Frontmatter Variable Substitution
Frontmatter Variable Substitution lets you substitute values from the frontmatter into your note when viewed in the preview and publishing. There's a problem if you try to use it in a template
Take the following example:
- NOTE: `...` is meant to represent text that is not shown to keep the example short
---
...
color:
---
Tim ate a {{fm.color}} apple
When used as a template, the resulting note would look like the following:
---
...
color:
---
Tim ate a apple
When a template is applied, it looks at all {{ }} blocks and tries to resolve them. If you do not want the template to do this, you will need to escape your templates using the followng syntax
---
...
color:
---
Tim ate a {{{ {{ }}}fm.color{{{ }} }}} apple
If you try to apply this as a template, you now get the expected result
---
...
color:
---
Tim ate a {{fm.color}} apple
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