Well, XeTeX still have features not available in LuaTeX, especially
TECkit mapping. I have not found any document saying how to implement
it and I cannot live without it.

Zdeněk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/

út 26. 8. 2025 v 17:56 odesílatel Philip Taylor
<p.tay...@hellenic-institute.uk> napsal:
>
>
> On 26/08/2025 16:47, Herbert Schulz via XeTeX wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> I may have it wrong but AFAIK XeTeX is at end of life and is no longer being 
> developed/maintained. Recommendations are for LuaTeX (or LuaLaTeX for 
> XeLaTeX). There are some differences but most things work the same or very 
> similar ways.
>
> XeTeX may well be "at end of life", Herb, but it continues to do all that I 
> want or (ever expect to) need.  Were LuaTeX to offer the same degree of 
> compatibility with Knuth’s TeX as does XeTeX, I would switch to it willingly, 
> but all the while it deliberately chooses to differ from Knuth’s TeX in 
> totally fundamental ways (e.g., the omission of the \mag primitive), I will 
> continue to regard it as a non-starter.
>
> --
> Philip Taylor
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