Suvayu Ali <[email protected]> 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
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