From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/16775 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikolai Weibull Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: XeTeX no longer working Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:25 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20041026125924.GI9745@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> References: <20041026113223.GD9745@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> <20041026132030.2429@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098795584 8616 80.91.229.6 (26 Oct 2004 12:59:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:59:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 26 14:59:31 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMQvD-0001I0-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC8D1278D; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19044-02; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D30C12777; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CEB212777 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19127-06 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com (unknown [195.54.107.73]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A35612772 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from puritan.pcp.ath.cx ([213.112.43.197] [213.112.43.197]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20041026125925.RUKC44.mxfep02.bredband.com@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:25 +0200 Original-Received: by puritan.pcp.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 49D8FAE041; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:59:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041026132030.2429@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:16775 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16775 * Adam Lindsay [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);}