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+.onLoad <- function(libname = find.package("kableExtra"), pkgname = "kableExtra") {
+  usepackage_latex("booktabs")
+  usepackage_latex("longtable")
+  message("LaTeX package booktabs and longtable will be loaded by default.")
+}