```$ quarto render slides-01-01.qmd
YAMLError: can not read a block mapping entry; a multiline key may not be an implicit key at line 7, column 1:

    ^
    at generateError (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:161:10)
    at throwError (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:174:9)
    at readBlockMapping (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:1181:16)
    at composeNode (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:1502:13)
    at readDocument (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:1688:3)
    at loadDocuments (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:1750:5)
    at load (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/loader/loader.ts:1780:21)
    at parse (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/std@0.166.0/encoding/_yaml/parse.ts:18:10)
    at parseWithNiceErrors (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/core/yaml.ts:291:12)
    at readYamlFromMarkdown (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/core/yaml.ts:104:9)
    at Object.target (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/execute/rmd.ts:73:18)
    at fileExecutionEngineAndTarget (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/execute/engine.ts:201:31)
    at renderContexts (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/command/render/render-contexts.ts:214:36)
    at Object.renderFormats (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/command/render/render-contexts.ts:315:28)
    at inputTargetIndex (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/project-index.ts:79:33)
    at resolveInputTarget (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/project-index.ts:205:23)
    at resolveItem (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website-navigation.ts:1393:28)
    at resolveSidebarItem (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website-navigation.ts:964:18)
    at resolveSidebarItems (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website-navigation.ts:945:29)
    at async sidebarEjsData (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website-navigation.ts:908:3)
    at async sidebarsEjsData (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website-navigation.ts:878:22)
    at async initWebsiteNavigation (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website-navigation.ts:166:27)
    at async Object.preRender (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/project/types/website/website.ts:105:5)
    at async renderProject (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/command/render/project.ts:208:5)
    at async Command.fn (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/command/render/cmd.ts:211:26)
    at async Command.execute (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/vendor/deno.land/x/cliffy@v0.25.4/command/command.ts:1790:7)
    at async quarto (file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/quarto.ts:122:3)
    at async file:///Users/cscheid/repos/github/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/src/quarto.ts:154:5
```
cscheid
2023-04-16T21:46:50Z
cscheid
bug
v1.3
closed
Bad YAML in file from sidebar causes bad error message
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/5205