On 11.9.2013, at 14:08, Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Rasmus <ras...@gmx.us> writes:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>>> A minor feature request. Feel free to ignore!
>>>
>>> Using the sidewaystable :float option for table exports to LaTeX
>>> requires one to manually add a
>>>
>>> #+LaTeX_header: \usepackage{rotating}
>>>
>>> line to the org file. Could this package be added automatically by the
>>> exporter if the sidewaystable option is present?
>>
>> My 2ยข:
>>
>> I think the policy is that the ox-latex ain't going to track packages.
>> Aaron made some patches for this some time ago, but they weren't
>> included.
>>
>> So the question is should it be a default package?
>>
>> I think not. E.g. tabu isn't loaded. Amsmath isn't loaded if you
>> generate a matrix.
>
> Okay. I can live with this!
>
> I guess it would help if the documentation indicated when additional
> packages may be required. I had to do an internet search to find out I
> needed the rotating package for the sidewaystable option described in
> the org info pages.Well, this is documented on the LaTeX pages. Why would you duplicate this in Org's documentation? And What part of the LaTeX documentation exactly? > >> Also, a kitten dies every time the length of >> org-latex-default-packages-alist increases! That is a terrible thought. :) > > ;-) > > Thanks, > eric > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.3.50.1, Org release_8.1.1-7-gaecdf5 > >
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