Fix commas in author list (alshedivat#770)

Author: gzwongkk

_config.yml

@@ -247,8 +247,10 @@ scholar:
 # Filter out certain bibtex entry keywords used internally from the bib output
 filtered_bibtex_keywords: [abbr, abstract, arxiv, bibtex_show, html, pdf, selected, supp, blog, code, poster, slides, website, preview]
 
-# Maximum number of authors to be shown, other authors will be visible on hover, leave blank to show all authors
-max_author_limit: 3
+# Maximum number of authors to be shown for each publication (more authors are visible on click)
+max_author_limit: 3  # leave blank to always show all authors
+more_authors_animation_delay: 10  # more authors are revealed on click using animation; smaller delay means faster animation
+
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Responsive WebP Images

_layouts/bib.html

@@ -29,76 +29,58 @@
           <div class="author">
           {% assign author_array_size = entry.author_array | size %}
 
+          {% assign author_array_limit = author_array_size %}
           {%- if site.max_author_limit and author_array_size > site.max_author_limit %}
             {% assign author_array_limit = site.max_author_limit %}
-          {% else %}
-            {% assign author_array_limit = author_array_size %}
           {% endif %}
 
           {%- for author in entry.author_array limit: author_array_limit -%}
             {%- assign author_is_self = false -%}
-            {%- if author.last == site.scholar.last_name %}
+            {%- assign author_last_name = author.last | remove: "¶" | remove: "&" | remove: "*" | remove: "†" | remove: "^" -%}
+            {%- if author_last_name == site.scholar.last_name -%}
               {%- if site.scholar.first_name contains author.first -%}
                 {%- assign author_is_self = true -%}
               {%- endif -%}
             {%- endif -%}
             {%- assign coauthor_url = nil -%}
-            {%- if site.data.coauthors[author.last] -%}
-              {%- for coauthor in site.data.coauthors[author.last] -%}
+            {%- if site.data.coauthors[author_last_name] -%}
+              {%- for coauthor in site.data.coauthors[author_last_name] -%}
                 {%- if coauthor.firstname contains author.first -%}
                   {%- assign coauthor_url = coauthor.url -%}
                   {%- break -%}
                 {%- endif -%}
               {%- endfor -%}
             {%- endif -%}
 
-            {%- if forloop.length == 1 -%}
-              {%- if author_is_self %}
-                <em>{{author.last}}, {{author.first}}</em>
-              {%- else -%}
-                {{author.last}}, {{author.first}}
-              {%- endif -%}
+            {%- if forloop.length > 1 -%}
+              {%- if forloop.first == false -%},&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+              {%- if forloop.last and author_array_limit == author_array_size -%}and&nbsp;{%- endif -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+            {%- if author_is_self -%}
+              <em>{{author.first}} {{author.last}}</em>
             {%- else -%}
-              {%- unless forloop.last -%}
-                {% if author_is_self %}
-                  <em>{{author.last}}, {{author.first}}</em>,&nbsp;
-                {%- else -%}
-                  {% if coauthor_url -%}
-                    <a href="{{coauthor_url}}">{{author.last}}, {{author.first}}</a>,&nbsp;
-                  {%- else -%}
-                    {{author.last}}, {{author.first}},&nbsp;
-                  {%- endif -%}
-                {%- endif -%}
+              {%- if coauthor_url -%}
+                <a href="{{coauthor_url}}">{{author.first}} {{author.last}}</a>
               {%- else -%}
-                {%- if author_array_limit == author_array_size %} and {% endif %}
-                {% if author_is_self -%}
-                  <em>{{author.last}}, {{author.first}}</em>
-                {% else -%}
-                  {%- if coauthor_url -%}
-                    <a href="{{coauthor_url}}">{{author.last}}, {{author.first}}</a>
-                  {% else -%}
-                    {{author.last}}, {{author.first}}
-                  {%- endif -%}
-                {%- endif -%}
-              {%- endunless -%}
+                {{author.first}} {{author.last}}
+              {%- endif -%}
             {%- endif -%}
-          {%- endfor %}
-
-          {% assign more_authors = author_array_size | minus: author_array_limit %}
-
-          {%- if more_authors > 0 %}
-            {% assign more_authors_hide = more_authors | append: " more author" %}
-            {% if more_authors > 1 %}
-              {% assign more_authors_hide = more_authors_hide | append: "s" %}
-            {% endif %}
-            {% assign more_authors_show = '' %}
+          {%- endfor -%}
+          {%- assign more_authors = author_array_size | minus: author_array_limit -%}
+          
+          {%- assign more_authors_hide = more_authors | append: " more author" -%}
+          {%- if more_authors > 0 -%}
+            {%- if more_authors > 1 -%}
+              {%- assign more_authors_hide = more_authors_hide | append: "s" -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+            {%- assign more_authors_show = '' -%}
             {%- for author in entry.author_array offset: author_array_limit -%}
-              {% assign more_authors_show = more_authors_show | append: author.last | append: ", " | append: author.first %}
-              {% unless forloop.last %}
-                {% assign more_authors_show = more_authors_show | append: ",&nbsp;" %}
-              {% endunless %}
+              {%- assign more_authors_show = more_authors_show | append: author.first | append: " " | append: author.last -%}
+              {%- unless forloop.last -%}
+                {%- assign more_authors_show = more_authors_show | append: ", " -%}
+              {%- endunless -%}
             {%- endfor -%}
-            and
+            , and
             <span
                 class="more-authors"
                 title="click to view {{more_authors_hide}}"
@@ -112,10 +94,10 @@
                     if (++cursorPosition == more_authors_text.length){
                       clearInterval(textAdder);
                     }
-                  }, 15);
+                }, '{{site.more_authors_animation_delay}}');
                 "
             >{{more_authors_hide}}</span>
-          {% endif %}
+          {%- endif -%}
 
           </div>