In my experience the font switching issue (complicated for newbies)  
is the only relevant negative feature in ConTeXt.
So, if I have Luatex I can forget xetex?

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On 10 Jun 2008, at 19:37, Hans Hagen wrote:

> David wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:34:15 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>
>>> Andrea Valle wrote:
>>>> Hmm, with Luatex I can use system fonts like in XeTeX. Am I right?
>>> yes, if you set up OSFONTDIR
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to set up OSFONTDIR, but I don't know how or where or  
>> when
>> to do so. I've tried setting it in my bash profile, and that seems to
>> have no effect. What is the correct procedure? (I'm on a Mac, if it
>> matters.)
>
> we can consider setting it up automatically but that can only be done
> when it's a stable location
>
> Hans
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