Reinhard Kotucha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, I proposed \input instead of \usepackage to allow inserting > it at the very top of a file, i.e. before \documentclass.
That's a bad idea since it will not set the right catcodes for @ and not record stuff properly and the option parsing does not work, and you'll have \ProvidesPackage barf. > \usepackage will issue the following error massage in this case: > > ! LaTeX Error: \usepackage before \documentclass. So use \RequirePackage instead. That's for "internal use" and works before \documentclass. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
