Let a declared datatype win over a column read, count a repeat as written, refuse null alone on stdin and a second leading slash, and hand NewTemplate stdin as sent

resolve.go

@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ type columnRead struct {
 }
 
 // columnReadOf is the record's column t's format reads, where the format only reads one reference
-// or name, and nil where it does not.
+// or name, and nil where it does not or t declares a string, which reads the column as text.
 func columnReadOf(t *template, targets map[*nameBinding]nameTarget) *columnRead {
 	ops := t.compiled.ops
-	if t.repeat != 1 || len(ops) != 1 || ops[0].Kind != grammar.PathRead || len(ops[0].arms) != 1 {
+	if t.declared && t.datatype == DataTypeString || t.repeat != 1 || len(ops) != 1 || ops[0].Kind != grammar.PathRead || len(ops[0].arms) != 1 {
 		return nil
 	}
 	a := ops[0].arms[0]