On 2011-08-30, Steve Litt wrote: > Now when everyone says "you must use XeTeX", does that mean that in my > scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex > command?
For "non-TeX fonts" (i.e. Unicode-encoded system fonts) you must use either the XeTeX or LuaTeX "engine" instead of the pdfTeX/eTeX one. Both should be used with the LaTeX macro extensions. In most distributions, the commands are latex pdfTeX engine with LaTeX macros and DVI output pdflatex pdfTeX engine with LaTeX macros and PDF output xelatex XeTeX engine with LaTeX macros and PDF output lualatex LuaTeX engine with LaTeX macros and PDF output Of course, LyX knows this and calls them appropriately. However, hand-made scripts will need adaption. > Should I expect any side effects or problems? This depends. As you want to change the font anyway, minor layout changes will not be visible (like with e.g. switching the engine but keeping Latin Modern as text font). Some packages are not supported (e.g. microtype is only partially supported). Some languages are only supported by babel (package for pdfTeX) while others are only supported by "polyglossia" (the language package for XeTeX) Preamble and ERT commands might need adaption. Günter
