On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > >>>> well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type > >>>> i use luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, > >>>> mkiv also usese afm files instead of tfm when available, so > >>>> texfont is not needed any more) > >>> > >>> How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use? > >> > >> Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give. > > > > Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in > > parallel? > > Certainly. In the past year, I have been happy running all of these > at the same time: > > texexec | texexec --pdftex % engine=pdftex > texexec --aleph % engine=aleph > texexec --luatex % engine=luatex > texexec --xetex % engine=xetex
Is there a phrase or a sentence that will describe the distinguishing characteristcs and/or status of each of these choices? Well, we know about the first one :<) I am bewildered by the rapid changes. -- John Culleton _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
