Hi Chris,

Any news on support from LaTeX::Driver for XeLaTeX?

Bye,

Erik.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Chris Travers <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Robert James Clay <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Erik,
> > On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 18:42 -0400, Erik Huelsmann wrote:
> >> The difference is that the templates/demo TeX files are meant to be
> >> processed by LaTeX while the templates/xedemo TeX files are meant to
> >> be processed by XeLaTeX.
> >
> >   I don't seem to see any Perl module or other requirements related to
> > that?  (Or I missed them...<g>)
> >
> >
> >>  So, if you're seeing TeX files which are the same in both, please let
> >> us know, because while that's valid for the .txt, .csv and .html
> >> files, it's not for the .tex files.
> >
> >  The check_base.tex and letterhead.tex files, at least? The demo and
> > xedemo versions have the same file size, different time stamps, and diff
> > doesn't find any difference...
>
> check_base and letterhead would be valid in both.
>
> Right now xelatex support is not really there by the supporting
> modules.  Right now this involves hacking some of the files like
> LaTeX::Driver although presumably there will be new versions out soon
> that may address this.
>
> I wouldn't say it's "mainline supported."  It is something we'd like
> to get there, and in the mean time it's "be or hire an expert"
> territory.  And by expert I mean someone who is comfortable hacking
> CPAN modules and is fairly familiar with LaTeX, and is either familiar
> with XeTeX or willing to learn.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Chris Travers
>
>
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