Author metadata not set when no title page present and using author attribute

[1marc1]

When a document does not have a title page and the document attribute author is set, then the value of the attribute is not set in the metadata of the resulting PDF file.

If the attribute authors is set, then the value of the attribute is set in the metadata of the resulting PDF file.

Example 1:

:author: Kismet R. Lee
== Test document

Author name is not recorded in metadata.

Example 2:

:authors: Kismet R. Lee
== Test document

Author name is recorded in metadata.

Marc.

[mojavelinux]

This is a combination between a quirk in how Asciidoctor parses the document header when there is no doctitle and the logic for how the authors are resolved in this converter. Fortunately, I can see a way we can support both cases you cited.

As a side note, when you define a document header, you should always offset it by an empty line.

:author: Kismet R. Lee

== Test document

Author name is not recorded in metadata.

[1marc1]

Thanks Dan, much appreciated as always!