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.
> Also, a kitten dies every time the length of
> org-latex-default-packages-alist increases!
;-)
Thanks,
eric
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: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.3.50.1, Org release_8.1.1-7-gaecdf5
