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LaTeX: long list of authors overflows in margin of title page
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Description
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Create using sphinx-quickstart a new project and respond with a long list of authors to the "author" prompt. Then do make latexpdf.
For example
> Nom du projet: A
> Nom(s) de l'auteur: John Hunter, Darren Dale, Eric Firing, Michael Droettboom and the matplotlib development team
> version du projet []: 1
Expected behavior
The list of authors display cleanly on title pagee
Observed behavior
Your project
Not mine, this is the https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib author string!
Environment info
- OS: [e.g. Unix/Linux/Mac/Win/other with version]
- Python version: 3.7.5
- Sphinx version: any
Relates https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/15796 in so far as the latter is about building their PDF docs...
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with sphinx-quickstart using the long author list shown, then run make latexpdf. The payload names no repository file or test entry point; done means the author list displays cleanly within the title page margins.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex, python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100