templating name for file - how to use author et al. + title?

[danieltomasz]

Really nice plugin! Thank you for your work!
I have a question - does it is possible to have a name of literature note in the form
author (et al. if more than 1 or 2 authors) - year - title ?

[aidenlx]

I'll add a helper authorsShort that output authors in the format you've mentioned in next release, meanwhile you can do something like this:

<%= it.authors.first()?.lastName %>
<% if (it.authors.length > 1) { %> et al. <% } %>
- <%= it.date %> - <%= it.title %>

[danieltomasz]

Thanks for the advice! While trying to use this I am getting error related to how to get first element of the authors list
VM668:5 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'first')

[aidenlx]

does replacing authors with creators work for you?

[danieltomasz]

yes, it is working, thank you!

[lwq-star]

it does not working
<%= it.title %><%= it.creators.first() %><%= it.date %> .md
why?