Re: [PATCH]: ox-latex: omit empty date

[Ihor Radchenko]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

>> All the above makes sense. Do I miss something?
>
> To be precise, \date is not exported to LaTeX file, but current date 
> appears in PDF. That is why I consider the change as a breaking one.
>
> Try to export to PDF the following document.
>
> ---- >8 ----
> #+options: title:t
> # #+options: date:nil
> # #+date:
> #+title: Title
> test
> ---- 8< ----
>
> PDF file is produced with current date. Before the patch it was possible 
> to suppress date in PDF file by removing comment for either "#+options: 
> date:nil" or for "#+date:". With current main branch HEAD some other 
> workaround is required. I think, it is not what is expected from the 
> description of the #+options: keyword:

Agree. I did not know about this LaTeX default.

Bob, do you have any ideas? I am inclined to revert the patch.

Best,
Ihor