Fix PDF generation.

freddrake · freddrake · commit 8bdf0bf70552 · 2000-09-05T15:19:56.000Z
The \\ introduced in the \author in boilerplate.tex broke the PDF
generation because line breaks are not allowed in the "Document Info"
metadata stored in the PDF file.  This changes the line break to
a ", " (comma-space) in that context.
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/howto.cls b/Doc/texinputs/howto.cls
@@ -48,12 +48,16 @@
 %
 \renewcommand{\maketitle}{
   \py@doHorizontalRule
-  \@ifundefined{pdfinfo}{}{
+  \@ifundefined{pdfinfo}{}{{
+    % This \def is required to deal with multi-line authors; it
+    % changes \\ to ', ' (comma-space), making it pass muster for
+    % generating document info in the PDF file.
+    \def\\{, }
     \pdfinfo{
       /Author (\@author)
       /Title (\@title)
     }
-  }
+  }}
   \begin{flushright}
     {\rm\Huge\py@HeaderFamily \@title} \par
     {\em\large\py@HeaderFamily \py@release} \par
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/manual.cls b/Doc/texinputs/manual.cls
@@ -63,12 +63,16 @@
     \let\footnotesize\small
     \let\footnoterule\relax
     \py@doHorizontalRule%
-    \@ifundefined{pdfinfo}{}{
+    \@ifundefined{pdfinfo}{}{{
+      % This \def is required to deal with multi-line authors; it
+      % changes \\ to ', ' (comma-space), making it pass muster for
+      % generating document info in the PDF file.
+      \def\\{, }
       \pdfinfo{
         /Author (\@author)
         /Title (\@title)
       }
-    }
+    }}
     \begin{flushright}%
       {\rm\Huge\py@HeaderFamily \@title \par}%
       {\em\LARGE\py@HeaderFamily \py@release \par}
