Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> 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 -- A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it