From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: [Exporter] Why is :author a list in the communication channel? Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:45:55 -0500 Message-ID: <87fvrcymq4.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> References: <87wqkqczb0.fsf@gmail.com> <87li16qw4m.fsf@gmail.com> <8761s8javx.fsf@gmail.com> <87sivcc9lk.fsf@gmail.com> <871u2wj9eu.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdQ6N-0001Vq-Ju for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:46:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdQ6F-0008Aw-Gf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:46:19 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:53645) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VdQ6F-0008AH-AE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:46:11 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VdQ6D-0007MF-P9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:46:09 +0100 Received: from nat-pool-bos-t.redhat.com ([66.187.233.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:46:09 +0100 Received: from ndokos by nat-pool-bos-t.redhat.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:46:09 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thorsten Jolitz writes: > Nicolas Goaziou writes: > >> ... >> This is orthogonal to the fact that multiple lines are not allowed. For >> that, see BEHAVIOUR item in `org-export-options-alist'. In particular, >> you can compare "TITLE" and "AUTHOR" entries. > > Ok, I understand, so this is all working fine just as intended. For > multiple authors one could use a workaround/convention like > > ,------------------------------------------ > | #+author: Thorsten_Jolitz Thomas_Mueller > `------------------------------------------ > > and then split the string two times (first blanks, then underscores). ... or you could modify org-export-options-alist, e.g.: (setcar org-export-options-alist '(:author "AUTHOR" nil user-full-name space)) This is a bit too fragile as a general solution: it assumes that the :author entry is the car of org-export-options-alist which happens to be the case in my setup, but if you rearrange things, it might not be the case in your setup. Doing list surgery in the general case is left as an exercise. Nick