Re: [PATCH] org.el (org-format-latex-header): put DEFAULT-PACKAGES before PACKAGES

[Ihor Radchenko]

Sébastien Miquel <sebastien.miquel@posteo.eu> writes:

> Ihor Radchenko writes:
>> We actually have 2 options here:
>> 1. Change the docstring
>> 2. Change the template
>>
>> Can moving [PACKAGES] up break the existing configs? It might.
>> I am inclined to change the docstring instead.
>
> Thanks for having a look at this.
>
> It makes more sense for a package in PACKAGES to depend on a
> DEFAULT-PACKAGE than vice versa.
> ...
> I've also just checked that by default, for document export,
> DEFAULT-PACKAGES are inserted before PACKAGES --- the default
> templates from =org-latex-classes= do not include =DEFAULT-PACKAGES=
> nor =PACKAGES=, and in this case, =org-splice-latex-header= adds both
> default packages and packages at the end, with default packages coming
> first.
>
> =org-format-latex-header= is only used to generate images for preview,
> and in some cases by ob-latex to compile a document from a LaTeX src
> block.

Thanks for the clarification! Now, your patch makes much more sense. Can
you update the commit message explaining the above shortly and linking
to this thread?

Best,
Ihor