* Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Oct 26, 2004 14:30]: > > I'm sorry to barge in on this discussion, but this XeTeX thing? Are > > you running Mac OS X to use it, or is there an easy way to get it > > working on UN*X? I tried finding information on setting it up on > > UN*X, but it didn't seem there was any.
> Sorry to exclude you, but this XeTeX thing is totally a MacOSX thing. > It's an evolution of TeX/GX, and uses Apple's advanced typography APIs > for font handling. It means *massive* simplification of font > installation, special feature use, and Unicode, but at the cost of cross- > platform-ness and some backward compatibility (mostly in legacy fonts). As I feared :-(. > The backward compatibility is improving with each release, but the > thing is never going to be cross-platform with respect to Apple's > APIs. If you do get your hands on a MacOSX system, I highly recommend > giving XeTeX a try! [ http://scripts.sil.org/xetex ] OK. Thanks for the incredibly quick response, nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);} _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
