Re: BEAMER_HEADER in `org-latex-classes'

["Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>]

Hello,

Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> I'd then propose the attached patch for the documentation.
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
>> BTW, what's the difference between #+LATEX_HEADER and #+LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA
>> lines, if both end up under the same umbrella ([EXTRA])?  Couldn't we suppress
>> the #+LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA keyword?
>
> According to section 12.7.2 in manual, LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA will not be
> loaded when previewing LaTeX snippets, unlike to LATEX_HEADER.

Shouldn't the similar principle be applied to BEAMER_HEADER, that is have a
BEAMER_HEADER_EXTRA keyword as well?

>> * ox-latex.el (org-latex-classes): Add BEAMER_HEADER in the
>> documentation string.
>
> `beamer' is a different back-end than `latex', or to put it differently,
> `latex' back-end is not supposed to know about `beamer'.

I understand.

> That's why no reference to `beamer' appears in `org-latex-classes'.

Though, this is only true as long as ox-beamer is not loaded. Because ox-beamer
does add "beamer" to `org-latex-classes' (which is right IMO).

> If documentation is needed, I think it should go in the manual, as
> a footnote close to the reference to BEAMER_HEADER.

OK.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban