From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
To: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [export] Should sidewaystable option automatically add rotating package?
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:00:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ob7xq30v.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878uz151r5.fsf@pank.sbde-40904.btopenzone.com> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:33:02 +0200")
Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
> It's tough. I've /never/ used neither wrapfig nor longtable. From a
> totally subjective point-of-view I'd certainly want to remove it!
> However, I wonder if this is the 'nicest' thing to do. Not everyone
> cares about LaTeX and not everyone cares to look into LaTeX details.
>
> Three possibilities are
>
> - Just Workᵀᴹ :: Include a lot of stuff in
> `org-latex-default-packages-alist'. Self-proclaimed 'power
> users' can cut it down themselves in their config. It could
> slow down compilation, especially if policy is too lenient.
> (E.g. to support tikz files you need to load TiKZ; To
> support #+LANGUAGE you need to load babel). Perhaps we could
> add an optional variable org-latex-load-all-relevant-packages
> that loads all known packages that Org might depend on (assuming
> they are all compatible). People with i7 processors can then
> turn it on and we could include only basic package in the
> default package alist.
>
> - RTM :: Be better at documenting when a feature requires an
> additional package. This is probably my preferred
> solution.
>
> I think Org can mostly guess when a LaTeX export failed.
> If so, perhaps we could be give informative hints when
> something fails. E.g. if rotation is required and
> something fails, tell the user that the rotation package is
> needed. I have no idea how much work this would be.
>
> - Do nothing :: People who use the LaTeX exporter should be
> proficient enough with LaTeX and Org to solve their
> own problems.
>
> On Eric's original idea about auto-including packages: I don't like.
> I want to like it, but it's just too fragile. Some things depend on
> being loaded in the correct order (e.g. hyperref needs to be towards
> the end). Since people can load arbitrary code using #+LATEX_HEADER:
> \input{·} it's bound to break!
I'm not talking about auto-including packages, nor do I suggest to
include lot of stuff in `org-latex-default-packages-alist'.
My point is: if "wrapfig" is there, "rotating" should accompany it, or
both should be removed from the variable. Also, there's no reason for
"longtable" to be included.
IOW, I'm discussing a very practical point, not the general status of
packages in the LaTeX export back-end.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-12 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-11 11:05 [export] Should sidewaystable option automatically add rotating package? Eric S Fraga
2013-09-11 12:01 ` Rasmus
2013-09-11 12:08 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-09-11 12:14 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-11 12:25 ` Rasmus
2013-09-11 15:24 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-09-11 12:30 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-09-12 17:42 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-09-12 18:33 ` Rasmus
2013-09-12 19:00 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2013-09-13 8:49 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-09-12 19:22 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-13 8:01 ` Detlef Steuer
2013-09-15 4:49 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-15 14:02 ` Nicolas Girard
2013-09-16 8:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-16 10:47 ` Rasmus
2013-09-16 11:26 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-09-16 13:27 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-16 13:38 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-16 19:26 ` Rasmus
2013-09-16 20:21 ` Andreas Leha
2013-09-17 1:45 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-09-17 4:48 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 13:24 ` Rasmus
2013-09-18 13:18 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-18 22:21 ` Rasmus
2013-09-19 2:04 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-19 9:11 ` Rasmus
2013-09-19 9:28 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-19 9:38 ` Nicolas Girard
2013-09-19 11:05 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-25 7:04 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-25 7:45 ` Nicolas Girard
2013-09-25 7:50 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-25 9:09 ` Rasmus
2013-09-26 8:51 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-17 13:30 ` Rasmus
2013-09-17 5:11 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-09-17 8:05 ` Eric S Fraga
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