Am 30.09.2010 um 12:27 schrieb Keith J. Schultz: > The same should be true of xelshort. It should:
I find your list very useful, but it seems to focus more on the differences between XeLaTeX and pdfLaTeX. What I have in mind is a document that should be readable for beginners who have never used anything LaTeX-like before. I've added a few comments on how the list could be updated to reflect this: > 1 Introduce Unicode from a users point of view > 2 Introduce fonts from the users point of view > - different types > - unicode fonts > - what glyphs are > - glyph repertoire (roughly) > - it should not describe unicode features that is font > fontspec > - advantages of using unicode fonts > - especially for input (more WYSIWYG like) Well the advantage is "with Unicode, you can use every character everywhere; without, you can't." Because Unicode is so ubiquitous nowadays, more than a few readers might be surprised that a pre-Unicode world existed... > 3 Introduce editors/systems from a users point of view - introduce the terms "engine", "format" and "distribution" - difference between engines and executable programs > - what TexLive is ...and MikTeX! > - advice on editors > - why is the choice of an editor/system is important I don't get this. Of course you have to choose one, but you can switch at any time. > - suggest TeXWorks/TeXShop as starting point > - advice of what is out there for the linux world > mention that there is E-macs et. al also for > Windows/Mac Don't know if that is so important. If you start talking about specific editors, then everybody wants his preferred editor described. > 4 Simple Example Xe(La)TeX document > - explain preamble > - class > - why fonspec et. al. Why Fontspec: Because you need it to use the key feature of XeTeX, i.e., accessing system fonts. > - why polyglossia > - why not use babel Unless you want to point out the differences between pdfLaTeX and XeLaTeX, don't mention babel. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
