This extension creates a shortcode si for setting SI values and units.
quarto add GeorgRamer/siThis will install the extension under the _extensions subdirectory.
If you're using version control, you will want to check in this directory.
This extension creates a shortcode si for setting SI values and units. The structure of the shortcode is as follows
{{< si 1.45 m s-1 >}}
Briefly, this extensions reformats the space separated items inside the shortcode into a series of formatted entries.
All spaces are converted to non-breaking spaces.
Trailing numbers are formatted as exponents. Some other helpful functions are conversion of +- into ±, some shortcuts for harder to type units such as
Å and Ω and rewritting of E exponents into ⨉10.
Because the output is purely unicode, subscripts and superscripts, this extension is fairly agnostic in terms of output formats: HTML, Typst and LaTeX have been tested and work. There is no obvious reason why other formats would not work.
More examples of this short code can be found in example.qmd.
