Horizontal rule not rendering when exporting to simple pdf, works when exporting to .docx and .odt

[Noopss]

Description

In a document, I typed "---" and "***" but none of them are making a horizontal rule when exporting as simple PDF.

Reproducing

Try to type --- or *** in a document, and then export to Simple PDF.

Zettlr version

3.4.1

Installation Method

From the Website or GitHub

Installation Method (Other)

No response

Your Platform

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux

Architecture

• Intel 64bit
• ARM 64bit (includes Apple Silicon)

Operating System Version

Windows 11

Additional Information

No response

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[nathanlesage]

Found the reason: The horizontal rule in the default HTML template (provided by Pandoc) uses CSS background instead of border to display. However, when printing in a browser, usually the setting "Print background" is off.

I opened a PR upstream to Pandoc to propose a change for this: jgm/pandoc#10535

I cannot promise that John and the team agrees with this change, however. Should they decline this PR, you will have to adapt your own template instead of using the default one.

Since this is not caused by Zettlr, I will close this issue here. Please refer to the PR to get updates.

[nathanlesage]

Quick update: The PR has been merged, so once the update is released, Zettlr updates to it, AND releases an update, this will work out of the box. Until then, please use a modified template.