2 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/filters/emojis.lua b/filters/emojis.lua
index 427d04b..24a9fc3 100644
--- a/filters/emojis.lua
+++ b/filters/emojis.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-function Str(el)
+local common = require 'scripts.lib.common'
+
+local vars = {}
+
+function meta(meta) vars = meta end
+
+function str(el)
+    if vars.build and vars.build.file_out:match(".xml$") then
+        return el
+    end
+
     local prefix, emojiref, suffix = el.text:match('^(.*):([^ ]+):(.*)$')
 
     if emojiref then
@@ -13,3 +23,5 @@ function Str(el)
 
     return el
 end
+
+return { { Meta = meta }, { Str = str } }
diff --git a/filters/vars.lua b/filters/vars.lua
index 99cedc4..61803cb 100644
--- a/filters/vars.lua
+++ b/filters/vars.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+local utils = require 'pandoc.utils'
 local common = require 'scripts.lib.common'
 
 local vars = {}
@@ -12,15 +13,14 @@ function str(el)
         local var = vars
 
         for i = 1, #parts do
-            local part = parts[i]
-            local v = var[part]
+            var = var[parts[i]]
 
-            if not v then return el end
-
-            var = v
+            if not var then
+                return el
+            end
         end
 
-        if var then return pandoc.Str(prefix .. var .. suffix) end
+        return pandoc.Str(prefix .. utils.stringify(var) .. suffix)
     end
 
     return el