Should LuaLaTeX be the default engine ?
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Description
I think this is the right time to raise the question considering latest blog post by Joseph Wright
https://www.texdev.net/2024/11/05/engine-news-from-the-latex-project
He is a member of the LaTeX Project, with a particular interest in LaTeX3 development, and says
LuaTeX is the recommended engine for all new documents
The time to move to LuaTeX for new LaTeX documents is here.
If not in tinytex directly, maybe it could be in R Markdown ?
Anyhow, just opening so that this is referenced, and discussion could happen.
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Start by reading the linked LaTeX Project blog post and the discussion in this issue. Determine whether the requested default belongs in TinyTeX or R Markdown, and define a concrete, agreed change before identifying implementation and validation steps.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100