>>> "JMM" == Juan Manuel Macías <maciasch...@posteo.net> writes:
Hi Juan > TL;DR: A list of use cases where using LuaTeX is more advantageous than > using pdfTeX > ------------ > Many times Org users who frequently need to export their documents to > LaTeX, but who do not have much LaTeX experience (or their knowledge of > the TeX ecosystem is somewhat out of date), find themselves confused by > the different versions of the TeX engine: pdfTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX… In Org > pdfTeX is the default engine, which in 2022 has a few limitations and is > really old, but still perfectly meets the needs of a significant group > of users. However, there may be a number of cases where it is more > advantageous to compile with LuaTeX, so here I will leave a short list > of those cases where LuaTeX may be a happy choice over pdfTeX. > But first it is worth clarifying some things about LuaTeX along with > some misunderstandings: > • LuaTeX is the evolution of pdfTeX, therefore LuaTeX can be considered > as the current de facto TeX engine. It is intended to replace pdfTeX, > and in fact many of us already consider pdfTeX obsolete and > deprecated. Thanks for that list. Well I have felt in the past the same about pdftex, but I have partially switched to xetex precisely on the reasons you list. I have not have the time, to really try out Luatex. Did you have the time to compare it with XeTeX? Regards Uwe Brauer
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