Re: [Docutils-users] latex writer: embed stylesheet

[G. M. <mi...@us...>]

On 17.09.08, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> I'd like an --embed-stylesheet option in
> the LaTeX writer.  Is it omitted by intent?

In the long run, this should be possible. However, it is not trivial, as
we would need to copy/recreate LaTeX's file finding mechanism.

Also, the latex frontend allows specifying several stylesheets (by
chance?) while the html frontend allows just one.

> Motivation: I usually have to send my papers to a publisher as a single
> LaTeX document (aside from figures and sometimes tables).

I see. There are several workarounds:

* You can give a set of standard (or publisher provided) packages as a
  comma separated list. Don't forget the .sty extension. (The stylesheet
  argument is passed to the \input{} latex command, not a \usepackage
  command.) E.g.: ``--stylesheet='cmlgc.sty,ifthen.sty'``.
  
* Further LaTeX definitions can be given as raw LaTeX, either in the
  document itself or an included file.
  
  This does not work, unfortunately, for definitions that must occure
  in the preamble.
  
A last ressort, of course, is post-processing: replacing the
\input{<mystyle>} command with the <mystyle> file with a script.

Günter