Re: [Orgmode] Re: IMPORTANT: (possibly) incompatible Change

[Mark Elston]

Henri,

On 4/4/2010 10:36 AM, Henri-Paul Indiogine wrote:
> Carsten Dominik<address@hidden>  writes:
> > OK, you can now specify the position where the usepackage definitions
> > should appear in your header by putting the string
> >
> >     [PACKAGES]
> >
> > into the header definition in org-export-latex-classes.  Default (if
> > you do
> > not include this placeholder) is at the end.
>
> Sorry, but I am totally confused now.  I want my packages defined in
> org-export-latex-classes at the end of the LaTeX file preamble.  So,
> according to your instructions, if I understand them correctly, I
> should not use this [PACKAGES] string.  But, when I generate the tex
> file the packages from org-export-latex-classes are at the top of my
> preamble not at the end.
>
> Basically, I would like to have the packages in the following order:
>
> 1. org-export-latex-default-packages-alist
> 2. org-export-latex-packages-alist
> 3. org-export-latex-classes
>
> Sorry for being so dense, but I am really trying to understand.

I didn't see Carsten's notice on this but I think what he is getting at
is that the [PACKAGES] directive will put the items from
org-export-latex-default-packages-alist and
org-export-latex-packages-alist in the output *in place of* the
[PACKAGES] string.  All the things in your org-export-latex-classes
will appear as you have them.

So, say your class looks like this:

"\\documentclass[letter,twoside,openright]{memoir}
\\usepackage{varioref}
\\usepackage{shorttoc}
\\usepackage{color}
...

[PACKAGES]"

What I expect to see is all the stuff from
org-export-latex-default-packages-alist and
org-export-latex-packages-alist at the end of your preamble.

If, OTOH, you put the [PACKAGES] before any of your other usepackage
commands, then you would get the stuff from
org-export-latex-default-packages-alist and
org-export-latex-packages-alist just after the documentclass line.

Does that sound right?

Mark