Using \@author variable to put authors name in fancy header

Question

I'm using \@author variable to put authorname in header of my document. Currently, header shows authorname and footnotemark which incerements every page:

\makeatletter
\let\runauthor\@author
\let\runtitle\@title
\makeatother

\fancyhead[OC]{\runauthor}
\fancyhead[EC]{\sc \runtitle}

For example, if author is John Doe, I get printed

John Doe^1 (1.page)
John Doe^2 (2.page)
...
etc.

Any ideas ?

Answer 1

This works fluently.

\documentclass[twoside]{article}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{authoraftertitle}

\makeatletter
\fancyhead[OC]{{\let\thanks\@gobble\MyAuthor}}
\fancyhead[EC]{\scshape \MyTitle}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\makeatother

\title{TTT}
\author{AAA\thanks{THXTHX}}

\usepackage{lipsum} % filler text

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\lipsum[1-40]

\end{document}

Answer 2

As egreg suggests, your problem may be related to the presence of other macros in the \author command, perhaps something like \author{John Doe\thanks{Mum and Dad}}. It is difficult to tell without a full MWE (in particular, what document class you are using and how you are calling \author). However, a solution which should work is to use the titling package:

\documentclass[twoside]{article}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{titling}

\author{John Doe}
\title{My Title}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead[OC]{\theauthor}
\fancyhead[EC]{\scshape \thetitle}

\begin{document}

\lipsum

\end{document}

Answer 3

If you are not happy with any of the packaged solutions, you can always write your own, like I did. The example here uses standard article class margins, which my stamper was not designed for. But it still looks OK, and you have control over all the parameters.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\makeatletter
%% SET UP CODE TO USE PAGE STAMPS AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF PAGE.  DEFAULT
%% STAMP IS "DRAFT", BUT IT CAN BE RESET AND USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES,
%% TOO.
\def\PageStampFlag{F}
\def\thePageStamp{}
\def\EmptyStyle{empty}
\def\PlainStyle{plain}

\newcommand{\ps@pagestamp}{
  \renewcommand{\@oddhead}{\hfil\textbf{\Large\thePageStamp}\hfil}
  \renewcommand{\@evenhead}{\@oddhead}
  \renewcommand{\@evenfoot}{\hfil
                            \begin{tabular}{c}
                            \textrm{\thepage}\\
                            \textbf{\Large\thePageStamp}
                            \end{tabular}
                            \hfil}
  \renewcommand{\@oddfoot}{\@evenfoot}
}

\newcommand{\ps@emptypagestamp}{
  \renewcommand{\@oddhead}{\hfil\textbf{\Large\thePageStamp}\hfil}
  \renewcommand{\@evenhead}{\@oddhead}
  \renewcommand{\@evenfoot}{\hfil
                            \begin{tabular}{c}
                            ~\\
                            \textbf{\Large\thePageStamp}
                            \end{tabular}
                            \hfil}
  \renewcommand{\@oddfoot}{\@evenfoot}
}

\newcommand\PageStamp[1][DRAFT]{
  \def\PageStampFlag{T}
  \setlength\textheight{9in} %textheight+headheight+headsep=9in
  \def\thePageStamp{#1}
  \setlength\topmargin{-1.0in}
  \setlength\headheight{0.6in}
  \setlength\headsep{0.4in}
  \setlength\footskip{38pt}
  \def\PlainStyle{pagestamp}
  \def\EmptyStyle{emptypagestamp}
  \pagestyle{\PlainStyle}
}

\newcommand\StopPageStamp[0]{
  \def\PageStampFlag{F}
  \setlength\topmargin{0in}
  \setlength\headheight{0pt}
  \setlength\headsep{0pt}
  \setlength\textheight {9.0in}
  \setlength\footskip{30pt}
  \def\PlainStyle{plain}
  \def\EmptyStyle{empty}
  \pagestyle{\PlainStyle}
}

\makeatother

\begin{document}

\PageStamp[\today]

This is a test of Steven's pagestamping commands. Usage is
\verb|\PageStamp[stamp]|.  Default stamp is ``DRAFT''.  The command can
be reissued to change the pagestamp.  The alternate command
\verb|\StopPageStamp| will suspend the pagestamp, unless/until later
reinstituted with a \verb|\PageStamp[]|

\end{document}