//! Rendering a printed exam with Typst. //! //! Typst rather than LaTeX because the toolchain is one binary with no package //! manager, the error messages point at a line, and the compile is fast enough to //! iterate on. `pixi run -e docs typst compile` turns the output of this module //! into a PDF. //! //! ## What changed, and why //! //! This module used to build a document with `format!`. That made the position of //! the points label a Rust change, put a `#grid` call in a match arm, and meant //! the only way to move something on the page was to fork the crate. It also made //! a generated exam a dead end: you could edit the output, but the next export //! overwrote the edit. //! //! So the tool no longer writes documents. It loads a Typst file that you own, //! finds the markers in it, and injects data: //! //! ```typst //! // coursebank:begin questions //! #render-question((number: 1, stem: [Sample.], options: ())) //! // coursebank:end questions //! ``` //! //! `render-question` is defined in your template. What the payload contains is //! governed by [`config::RenderConfig`]; where it lands and how it looks is //! governed by the template. The default templates are compiled into the binary, //! and `coursebank template dump` writes them into `templates/` so that //! customizing means editing a file. See [`template`] for the marker syntax, the //! slot list, and the lookup order. //! //! ## What is still enforced here //! //! Two invariants survived the rewrite, because both are the kind of mistake a //! room full of students discovers simultaneously. //! //! **A form's key is derived from the same permutation as its paper.** Option order //! comes from [`select::option_order`](crate::select::option_order) against the //! form's recorded seed, never from anything stored, so every export of form B //! agrees with every other. The paper, the key, and the answer sheet are all built //! from one [`payload::Payload`]. //! //! **The paper's payload does not contain the answer.** Not `correct: false`, not a //! flag to check — the field is absent. See [`config::Reveal`]. A template cannot //! leak what it was never given, and that stays true through every future edit of //! the template by someone who has not read this comment. pub mod config; pub mod payload; pub mod template; pub mod value; use std::path::{Path, PathBuf}; pub use config::{ ConfigFile, ContentMode, Fields, LetterStyle, Overrides, RenderConfig, Reveal, StimulusMode, Variant, CONFIG_FILE, CONFIG_TEMPLATE, }; pub use payload::Payload; pub use template::{Origin, Slot, Template}; pub use value::Value; use crate::assessment::{AssessmentFile, Form}; use crate::catalog::Catalog; use crate::course::Layout; use crate::error::{Error, Result}; /// What to render. #[derive(Debug, Clone)] pub struct Options { /// Which form. pub form: Form, /// Which document. pub variant: Variant, /// A template path that overrides the usual lookup. Takes precedence over /// `template` in the render config. pub template: Option, /// What to put in the payload, and how. pub config: RenderConfig, } impl Default for Options { fn default() -> Options { Options { form: Form { id: "A".to_string(), seed: 0, shuffle_items: false, shuffle_options: false, }, variant: Variant::Exam, template: None, config: RenderConfig::for_variant(Variant::Exam), } } } impl Options { /// Options for one variant, with that variant's default configuration. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `variant` - which document. /// * `form` - the form to render. /// /// # Returns /// /// The options. pub fn new(variant: Variant, form: Form) -> Options { Options { form, variant, template: None, config: RenderConfig::for_variant(variant), } } /// The template path to use, preferring the explicit one. fn template_path(&self) -> Option<&Path> { self.template.as_deref().or(self.config.template.as_deref()) } } /// A finished document, with everything a caller needs to explain it. #[derive(Debug, Clone)] pub struct Rendered { /// Which document this is. pub variant: Variant, /// Where the template came from. pub origin: Origin, /// Which slots the template declared and this render filled. pub slots: Vec, /// The Typst source. pub text: String, /// The payload, kept so a caller can also write it as JSON without rebuilding. pub payload: Payload, /// Advisory problems: markup that will probably confuse the Typst compiler, and /// a template that declared no markers at all. pub warnings: Vec, } /// Renders one document. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `catalog` - the loaded course. /// * `record` - the assessment record. /// * `opts` - what to render. /// /// # Returns /// /// The finished document. /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns [`Error::Unresolved`] when a placement references a missing item, /// [`Error::Io`] when an explicitly requested template cannot be read, and /// [`Error::Invalid`] when the template's markers are malformed or every placement /// is marked dropped. pub fn render(catalog: &Catalog, record: &AssessmentFile, opts: &Options) -> Result { let template = template::load( &catalog.layout, opts.variant, Some(record.assessment.id.as_str()), opts.template_path(), )?; let payload = payload::build(catalog, record, &opts.form, &opts.config)?; if payload.questions.is_empty() { return Err(Error::Invalid(vec![ "this assessment has no printable items; every placement is marked dropped".to_string(), ])); } // Only build what the template asked for. A paper template that never mentions // `data` should not pay for a second copy of every stem. let mut bodies = Vec::new(); if template.wants(Slot::Meta) { bodies.push((Slot::Meta, payload::meta_body(&payload, &opts.config))); } if template.wants(Slot::Questions) { bodies.push(( Slot::Questions, payload::questions_body(&payload, &opts.config), )); } if template.wants(Slot::Data) { bodies.push((Slot::Data, payload::data_body(&payload, &opts.config))); } let mut warnings = payload::check(&payload, &opts.config); if template.is_inert() { warnings.push(format!( "the template {} declares no coursebank markers, so no questions were injected; add \ `// coursebank:questions` where they belong", template.origin )); } Ok(Rendered { variant: opts.variant, origin: template.origin.clone(), slots: template.slots(), text: template.render(&bodies), payload, warnings, }) } /// Builds the payload without rendering a template. /// /// For writing the questions out as JSON, which is what a hand-written Typst exam /// that already calls `json("questions.json")` wants. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `catalog` - the loaded course. /// * `record` - the assessment record. /// * `opts` - what to render; only the form and config are consulted. /// /// # Returns /// /// The payload. /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns [`Error::Unresolved`] when a placement references a missing item. pub fn build_payload( catalog: &Catalog, record: &AssessmentFile, opts: &Options, ) -> Result { payload::build(catalog, record, &opts.form, &opts.config) } /// The path a course's Typst configuration lives at. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `layout` - the course layout. pub fn config_path(layout: &Layout) -> PathBuf { template::dir(layout).join(CONFIG_FILE) } /// Loads a course's Typst configuration. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `layout` - the course layout. /// /// # Returns /// /// The parsed config file, or an empty one when `templates/typst.yaml` is absent. /// Absence is not an error: a course that has never customized anything should /// export without being told to write a config file first. /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns [`Error::Yaml`] when the file exists but does not parse. pub fn load_config(layout: &Layout) -> Result { let path = config_path(layout); if path.is_file() { crate::yaml::read(&path) } else { Ok(ConfigFile::default()) } } /// Renders the question paper. /// /// Kept so existing callers keep working. New code should use [`render`], which /// also reports which template was used and what it warned about. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `catalog` - the loaded course. /// * `record` - the assessment record. /// * `opts` - rendering options; the variant is forced to [`Variant::Exam`]. /// /// # Returns /// /// A complete Typst document. /// /// # Errors /// /// As [`render`]. pub fn exam(catalog: &Catalog, record: &AssessmentFile, opts: &Options) -> Result { render_variant(catalog, record, opts, Variant::Exam) } /// Renders the answer key. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `catalog` - the loaded course. /// * `record` - the assessment record. /// * `opts` - rendering options; the variant is forced to [`Variant::Key`]. /// /// # Returns /// /// A complete Typst document. /// /// # Errors /// /// As [`render`]. pub fn answer_key(catalog: &Catalog, record: &AssessmentFile, opts: &Options) -> Result { render_variant(catalog, record, opts, Variant::Key) } /// Renders a bubble sheet matching the form. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `catalog` - the loaded course. /// * `record` - the assessment record. /// * `opts` - rendering options; the variant is forced to [`Variant::AnswerSheet`]. /// /// # Returns /// /// A complete Typst document. /// /// # Errors /// /// As [`render`]. pub fn bubble_sheet(catalog: &Catalog, record: &AssessmentFile, opts: &Options) -> Result { render_variant(catalog, record, opts, Variant::AnswerSheet) } /// Renders one variant, substituting that variant's default config when the caller /// passed the config for a different one. fn render_variant( catalog: &Catalog, record: &AssessmentFile, opts: &Options, variant: Variant, ) -> Result { let mut opts = opts.clone(); if opts.variant != variant { // The caller asked for a different document than the config describes, so // the config's `reveal` almost certainly belongs to the other one. Taking // the variant's own default is the safe reading, and the direction that // matters is the paper: never inherit a key's `reveal`. opts.config = RenderConfig::for_variant(variant); opts.variant = variant; } Ok(render(catalog, record, &opts)?.text) } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; use crate::assessment::Placement; use crate::select; #[test] fn options_default_to_the_paper_and_withhold_the_key() { let opts = Options::default(); assert_eq!(opts.variant, Variant::Exam); assert!(!opts.config.reveal.shows_key()); } #[test] fn an_explicit_template_beats_the_config() { let mut opts = Options::default(); opts.config.template = Some(PathBuf::from("from-config.typ")); assert_eq!(opts.template_path(), Some(Path::new("from-config.typ"))); opts.template = Some(PathBuf::from("from-cli.typ")); assert_eq!(opts.template_path(), Some(Path::new("from-cli.typ"))); } #[test] fn the_key_reports_letters_as_printed() { // Shuffling must relabel the key: if the correct option moves to the third // printed position, the key says C. let form = Form { id: "B".into(), seed: 99, shuffle_items: false, shuffle_options: true, }; let order = select::option_order(&form, "bank::q-1", 4); let correct_source = 0usize; let printed_position = order.iter().position(|i| *i == correct_source).unwrap(); let letter = LetterStyle::Upper.label(printed_position); assert!(["A", "B", "C", "D"].contains(&letter.as_str())); // And it is reproducible. let again = select::option_order(&form, "bank::q-1", 4); assert_eq!(order, again); } #[test] fn dropped_items_are_not_printed() { let record = AssessmentFile { schema_version: "1.0".into(), assessment: crate::assessment::Assessment { id: "e1".into(), title: "Exam 1".into(), term: None, kind: crate::assessment::Kind::Exam, date: None, platform: crate::assessment::Platform::Paper, minutes_allowed: None, attempts: None, shuffle: None, scoring_policy: None, instructions: None, notes: None, }, blueprint: None, forms: Vec::new(), items: vec![ Placement { number: 1, item: "b::q-1".into(), version: None, fingerprint: None, points: None, bonus: false, key: vec!["A".into()], level: None, learning_objectives: Vec::new(), credit_overrides: Default::default(), dropped: true, }, Placement { number: 2, item: "b::q-2".into(), version: None, fingerprint: None, points: None, bonus: false, key: vec!["B".into()], level: None, learning_objectives: Vec::new(), credit_overrides: Default::default(), dropped: false, }, ], }; let printable: Vec = select::layout(&record, &Options::default().form) .into_iter() .filter(|p| !p.dropped) .map(|p| p.number) .collect(); assert_eq!(printable, vec![2]); } }