* XeTeX vs. luatex
@ 2008-02-01 14:23 Gour
2008-02-01 23:16 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Gour @ 2008-02-01 14:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
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Hi!
After moving to emacs I decided to settle on ConTeXt markup and want to
use Unicode engine.
Luatex is advancing very nicely and I wonder is there any reason to use
XeTeX over luatex, i.e. what features are missing (if any) in regards to
regarding font-handling in luatex in comparison with XeTeX?
Sincerely,
Gour
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* Re: XeTeX vs. luatex
2008-02-01 14:23 XeTeX vs. luatex Gour
@ 2008-02-01 23:16 ` Hans Hagen
2008-02-02 8:10 ` Gour
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2008-02-01 23:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Gour wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After moving to emacs I decided to settle on ConTeXt markup and want to
> use Unicode engine.
>
> Luatex is advancing very nicely and I wonder is there any reason to use
> XeTeX over luatex, i.e. what features are missing (if any) in regards to
> regarding font-handling in luatex in comparison with XeTeX?
hard to say; xetex uses a libary + some of its own code for open type
handling; luatex needs lua code; many features are already implemented
there are some linebreak related ones for which we either need an
extension to the par builder i.e. glyph altermnatives, or i need to do
the linebreaking in lua
missing things in luatex is just a matter of time (and motivation on my
side -); i suppose that xetex is currently somewhat faster but luatex
will be more flexible (which of course also has some costs); i think
that both have their place and prefered usage; it all depends on your
usage and expectations; of course at some point mkiv (with luatex) will
go way beyond what we now do with mkii
context will support both engines
Hans
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* Re: XeTeX vs. luatex
2008-02-01 23:16 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2008-02-02 8:10 ` Gour
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From: Gour @ 2008-02-02 8:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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>>>>> "Hans" == Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> writes:
Hans> hard to say; xetex uses a libary + some of its own code for open
Hans> type handling; luatex needs lua code; many features are already
Hans> implemented
Wonderful.
Hans> missing things in luatex is just a matter of time (and motivation
Hans> on my side -); i suppose that xetex is currently somewhat faster
Hans> but luatex will be more flexible (which of course also has some
Hans> costs); i think that both have their place and prefered usage; it
Hans> all depends on your usage and expectations; of course at some
Hans> point mkiv (with luatex) will go way beyond what we now do with
Hans> mkii
Thanks a lot. Processing time is not so significant compared to
authoring time ;)
However, since I plan to use ConTeXt only, it means there is no need to
keep XeTeX updated - I'm trying to simplify my setup and keep just the
minimum number of packages, i.e. getting rid of extra bloat.
Fine, I already have mkiv (0.20.2) and can continue to use it...
Sincerely,
Gour
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