From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/47116 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: XeTeX and/or LuaTeX? Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:15:38 +0100 Message-ID: <49830B8A.8050008@wxs.nl> References: <4982D69C.5050101@gmail.com> <68bfdc900901300239p239c4a43q5fc5d2b6c84e269b@mail.gmail.com> <4982E0A7.7060204@gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233327364 27834 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2009 14:56:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:56:04 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users , Idris Samawi Hamid Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jan 30 15:57:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LSunr-00006l-VJ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:57:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E5D1FDC7; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:55:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02891-03; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:54:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF9F1FD8E; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:54:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D995D1FD8E for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:54:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16611-02 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:53:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B374F1FD7E for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:15:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0UEFeJA003215 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:15:40 +0100 Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 7271-1840426 for multiple; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:15:37 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: <4982E0A7.7060204@gmail.com> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=83.247.100.17; country=NL; region=16; city=Dronten; latitude=52.5333; longitude=5.7167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5333,5.7167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 172850792 - b5a323151ee6 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:47116 Archived-At: J.A.J. Pater wrote: > Thanks for the answers! > Especially the tip about searching the mailing list! > >> And if not, why should (or shouldn't) I use MarkIV over XeTeX? > > > > Since XeTeX does not provide most of the LuaTeX features. > > Does LuaTeX support right to left utf-8 Hebrew typing with ttf/otf fonts? > Would it be (much) more complicated than in XeTeX? it should work; best communicate this with idris since he's the r-l expert and can help you to get started do you have example files/fonts? Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________