From 206f261194e235186d6516f3628ba8150796ceb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 20:50:00 -0700
Subject: LaTeX reader:  Allow skipping of unknown block commands in `\author`
 section.

Closes #505, which was a problem with `\vspace{10pt}` inside `\author`.
---
 src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index c0b224aaf..36ff3fb96 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ authors :: LP ()
 authors = try $ do
   char '{'
   let oneAuthor = mconcat <$>
-       many1 (notFollowedBy' (controlSeq "and") >> inline)
+       many1 (notFollowedBy' (controlSeq "and") >>
+               (inline <|> mempty <$ blockCommand))
+               -- skip e.g. \vspace{10pt}
   auths <- sepBy oneAuthor (controlSeq "and")
   char '}'
   updateState (\s -> s { stateAuthors = map (normalizeSpaces . toList) auths })
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