Re: [DISCUSSION]: LaTeX - include the xcolor package in the packages list

[Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com>]

Hi

> El 9 sept 2024, a las 9:49, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> escribió:
> 
>> It could also help a lot in `org-latex-src-block-backend': there we ask to
>> load package color... why not xcolor to get a richer control of colours?
> 
> I guess that you are referring to
> 
>    When using listings, you also need to make use of LaTeX package
>    "listings".  The "color" LaTeX package is also needed if you
>    would like color too.  These can simply be added to
>    org-latex-packages-alist, using customize or something like:
> 
>      (require 'ox-latex)
>      (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "listings"))
>      (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "color"))

A first step would be to use xcolor here. It gives just much more control over colors, if and when you need it. 

> 
> We can indeed include color package, but I do not see why we should do
> it by default. We may instead include it conditionally, only when
> listings backend is selected by the user.
> Just as it is done for engraved.

I would say that we include graphicx by default, even when we are not going to use it in many documents. In my case it is a 50/50 of using graphics vs- pure text documents ;-)

> 
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