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//! 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<PathBuf>,
/// 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<Slot>,
/// 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<String>,
}
/// 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<Rendered> {
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> {
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<ConfigFile> {
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<String> {
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<String> {
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<String> {
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<String> {
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<u32> = select::layout(&record, &Options::default().form)
.into_iter()
.filter(|p| !p.dropped)
.map(|p| p.number)
.collect();
assert_eq!(printable, vec![2]);
}
}