Unable to set front-page title for book-mode PDF

[johnkerl]

Hello -- I've been through several doc pages including https://quarto.org/docs/reference/projects/books.html and I haven't found the answer to the following. My apologies if this is an RTM!

• Repro repo: https://github.com/johnkerl/quarto-book-mode
• I attempt to set the title various ways:
  • https://github.com/johnkerl/quarto-book-mode/blob/main/_quarto.yml#L5
  • https://github.com/johnkerl/quarto-book-mode/blob/main/index.qmd#L2
  • https://github.com/johnkerl/quarto-book-mode/blob/main/index.qmd#L4
• With quarto preview . (HTML) I get the first image
  • One of the three above choices appears as the title
• With open _book/*.pdf I get the second image
  • None of my three attempts appears as the first-page title
  • The first-page title is the last-encountered chapter title

What's the right way to get the front-page title set for PDF output?

[cderv]

Which version of Quarto are you using ?

I tried with v1.3.107 pre-release, and can't reproduce. I cloned your project, and ran quarto render
I correctly got the title in book filed inside _quarto.yml to show as book title.

[johnkerl]

@cderv thanks -- my version is indeed outdated! :)