From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/16773 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Adam Lindsay" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: XeTeX no longer working Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:20:30 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20041026132030.2429@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> References: <20041026113223.GD9745@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098793462 2009 80.91.229.6 (26 Oct 2004 12:24:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 26 14:24:16 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 1CMQN6-0006fi-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:24:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6440B1276B; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:24:16 +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 18842-01; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:24:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3448612777; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:21:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070B312777 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:21:24 +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 18608-04-2 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:21:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk (unknown [148.88.3.45]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46ABB1276B for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:21:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [213.122.118.112] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9QCLEqI013962; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:21:21 +0100 (BST) Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" , "Nikolai Weibull" In-Reply-To: <20041026113223.GD9745@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 5.0.1 build 4305 English 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:16773 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16773 Nikolai Weibull said this at Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:32:23 +0200: >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. Hi Nikolai, 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). 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 ] adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-