Multiline authoring in IEEE template (#264)

Author: DunLug

NEWS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 rticles 0.14
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+- Added a multi-line authoring option in the IEEE template (thanks, @DunLug, #264).
+
 - Added the `citation_sorting` YAML option to change the biblatex's sorting option in `ieee_article()` output (thanks, @DunLug, #265).
 
 rticles 0.13

inst/rmarkdown/templates/ieee_article/resources/template.tex

@@ -436,13 +436,29 @@
 %% ---- classic IEEETrans wide authors' list ----------------
 $if(affiliation.wide)$
 \IEEEauthorblockN{
+$if(affiliation.author)$
+$for(affiliation.author)$
+$affiliation.author.name$\IEEEauthorrefmark{$affiliation.author.mark$}$sep$,
+$endfor$
+$else$
+$if(affiliation.author_multiline)$
+$for(affiliation.author_multiline)$
+$for(affiliation.author_multiline.line)$
+$affiliation.author_multiline.line.name$\IEEEauthorrefmark{$affiliation.author_multiline.line.mark$}
+$sep$,
+$endfor$
+$sep$}\IEEEauthorblockN{
+$endfor$
+$else$
 $for(affiliation.institution)$ %% -- beg for/affiliation.institution
 $for(affiliation.institution.author)$  %% -- beg for/affiliation.institution.author
 $affiliation.institution.author.name$\IEEEauthorrefmark{$affiliation.institution.mark$}
 $sep$,
 $endfor$ %% -- end for/affiliation.institution.author
 $sep$,
 $endfor$ %% -- end for/affiliation.institution
+$endif$
+$endif$
 }
 
 $for(affiliation.institution)$ %% -- beg for/affiliation.institution

inst/rmarkdown/templates/ieee_article/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd

@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ affiliation:
   institution-columnar: true  ## one column per institution (multiple autors eventually)
   # wide: true                  ## one column wide author/affiliation fields
 
+  #author_multiline: ## Put authors in a given order, with multiline possibility. Authors cited in institution are ignored if exists
+  #  - line:         ## Create a new author line
+  #    - name: Michael Shell
+  #      mark: 1
+  #    - name: Homer Simpson
+  #      mark: 2
+  #      email: homer@thesimsons.com
+  #    - name: Roy Batty
+  #      mark: 4
+  #      email: roy@replicant.offworld
+  #  - line:         ## Create a second author line
+  #    - name: Montgomery Scott
+  #      mark: 3
+  #    - name: Eldon Tyrell
+  #      mark: 4
+
   institution:
     - name: Georgia Institute of Technology
       department: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering