Error building site failed to render shortcode "columns": failed [...] error calling RenderString [...] unrecognized character in shortcode action: U+005B '['. Note: Parameters with non-alphanumeric args must be quoted

[gremirarunico]

Hi, I updated my hugo version and I started obtaining this error. Then I updated the template but the error persists.

hugo % hugo server
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.101.0+extended darwin/amd64 BuildDate=unknown
WARN 2022/07/28 11:11:33 Expand shortcode is deprecated. Use 'details' instead.
WARN 2022/07/28 11:11:33 Bundle menu mode is deprecated and will be removed
Error: Error building site: "/Users/marco/Downloads/FidoCadJ/hugo/content/docs/examples.md:163:1": failed to render shortcode "columns": failed to process shortcode: "/Users/marco/Downloads/FidoCadJ/hugo/themes/hugo-book/layouts/shortcodes/columns.html:4:12": execute of template failed: template: shortcodes/columns.html:4:12: executing "shortcodes/columns.html" at <$.Page.RenderString>: error calling RenderString: "/Users/marco/Downloads/FidoCadJ/hugo/content/docs/examples.md:4:11": unrecognized character in shortcode action: U+005B '['. Note: Parameters with non-alphanumeric args must be quoted
Built in 68 ms

To reproduce the error you can download the source code of the site that caused this error here https://github.com/gremirarunico/FidoCadJ/tree/gh-pages
I didn't find any suggestion googling.

[alex-shpak]

Hi!
There is unsolved problem now in pinned issue: #452
You can downgrade to pre 0.100 version of hugo, or delete mermaid/katex pages from example

There is problem with rendering shortcodes inside shortocodes

[mroderick]

The commands to use for removing the examples that break the build are:

rm ./content/docs/shortcodes/mermaid.md
rm ./content/docs/shortcodes/katex.md