Lua: allow single elements as singleton MetaBlocks/MetaInlines

Single elements should always be treated as singleton lists in the Lua
subsystem.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs
index 9cf683055..6a0e5d077 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/AST.hs
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ peekMetaValue = retrieving "MetaValue $ " . \idx -> do
       optional (LuaUtil.getTag idx) >>= \case
         Just tag -> peekTagged tag
         Nothing  -> peekUntagged
+    Lua.TypeUserdata -> -- Allow singleton Inline or Block elements
+      (MetaInlines . (:[]) <$!> peekInline idx) <|>
+      (MetaBlocks . (:[]) <$!> peekBlock idx)
     _        -> failPeek "could not get meta value"
 
 typeBlock :: LuaError e => DocumentedType e Block
diff --git a/test/lua/module/pandoc.lua b/test/lua/module/pandoc.lua
index b191bcb3c..2849eedbf 100644
--- a/test/lua/module/pandoc.lua
+++ b/test/lua/module/pandoc.lua
@@ -735,7 +735,25 @@ return {
       assert.are_equal((pandoc.MetaMap{}).tag, (pandoc.MetaMap{}).t)
       assert.are_equal((pandoc.MetaInlines{}).tag, (pandoc.MetaInlines{}).t)
       assert.are_equal((pandoc.MetaBlocks{}).tag, (pandoc.MetaBlocks{}).t)
-    end)
+    end),
+  },
+  group 'Meta' {
+    test('inline list is treated as MetaInlines', function ()
+      local meta = pandoc.Pandoc({}, {test = {pandoc.Emph 'check'}}).meta
+      assert.are_same(meta.test, {pandoc.Emph{pandoc.Str 'check'}})
+    end),
+    test('inline element is treated as MetaInlines singleton', function ()
+      local meta = pandoc.Pandoc({}, {test = pandoc.Emph 'check'}).meta
+      assert.are_same(meta.test, {pandoc.Emph{pandoc.Str 'check'}})
+    end),
+    test('block list is treated as MetaBlocks', function ()
+      local meta = pandoc.Pandoc({}, {test = {pandoc.Plain 'check'}}).meta
+      assert.are_same(meta.test, {pandoc.Plain{pandoc.Str 'check'}})
+    end),
+    test('block element is treated as MetaBlocks singleton', function ()
+      local meta = pandoc.Pandoc({}, {test = pandoc.Plain 'check'}).meta
+      assert.are_same(meta.test, {pandoc.Plain{pandoc.Str 'check'}})
+    end),
   },
   group 'Other types' {
     group 'Citation' {