From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: ox-latex: default packages cleaning Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:05:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87twtf4tu5.fsf@gmx.us> References: <87r3ok589c.fsf@gmx.us> <20150707193522.GB30985@chitra.no-ip.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49395) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZ7H-0005u8-JB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:05:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZ7E-0001fS-7n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:05:19 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:50226) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZ7E-0001f8-1k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:05:16 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZCZ7C-0000zE-JM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:05:14 +0200 Received: from 46.166.138.137 ([46.166.138.137]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:05:14 +0200 Received: from rasmus by 46.166.138.137 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:05:14 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Suvayu Ali writes: > I would like to second microtype. In fact as far as I know, now a days > it is recommended to load that for almost all documents with significant > text on TeX.SX. It's easy enough to add and we should keep the default minimal. Though microtype is certainly a package I would not mind imposing on people. > I would also suggest removing inputenc. At the moment, it is loaded > with the AUTO option. AFAIK, this is redundant since most recent > (meaning for quite a few years) TeX engines already use the encoding of > the file if nothing is specified. I think you might be right, but I haven't looked into it. > The next one would be fontenc, now it is loaded with T1. I'm not sure > if this is needed. Maybe LaTeX experts like Marcin or Fabrice could > comment. I thought it was needed for some symbols, but it seems it might not be. >> * marvosym¹ >> * Wasysym² > > Agreed. On top of this, wasysym also interferes with integral symbols > from amsmath[1]. No, the manual notes it has comparability with amsmath build it. It installs them under \varint and friends. > We could also take this opportunity to provide users an easy way to > switch between TeX engines. It's already pretty easy. I bind org-latex-pdf-process to the desired engine via latexmk in my file. I also wrap fontenc and inputenc in \ifpdftex\else\fi or whatever. In any case, betterᵀᴹ support for xelatex would be nice. > \usepackage{polyglossia} % instead of babel You can use babel with xelatex. Rasmus -- A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it