rstudio / rstudio/rticles

header-includes should be moved outside individual templates

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Description

I think it would be reasonable to move this chunk of code outside individual templates:

$for(header-includes)$
$header-includes$
$endfor$

It should be possible to include additional packages for any template. Also, it is easy to miss this, as is the case for arxiv template (which has this chunk missing).

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Locate the repeated header-includes block in the individual templates and compare it with the arxiv template, where the block is missing. Read how templates are assembled, then verify that additional packages can be included consistently for every template without duplicating the block.

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Assessment

Tech stack
tex
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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