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Unclosed Editorial Insert

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An editorial-insert span opens with [++ but no closing ] appears before the end of the block.

Q-2-19 — Unclosed Editorial Insert

An editorial-insert span opens with [++ but no closing ] appears before the end of the block.

What this means

Quarto markdown supports an editorial-markup family for tracked changes: [++inserted text] for insertions, [--deleted text] for deletions, [>>highlighted] for highlights, and [!!comment] for editorial comments. This error fires when the insert form [++ ... is opened but never closed.

Why this happens

Most often the closing ] was deleted in an edit, or a literal [++ somehow ended up in text without an editorial intent.

How to fix

Add the closing ] at the intended end of the inserted text.

If the construct was not intended as editorial markup, escape the opening bracket: \[++text].

Example

[++