Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-28 Thread Ricardo Berlasso via lyx-users
El lun, 8 nov 2021 a las 8:51, Saša Janiška () escribió:

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> Hello,
>
> just curious which engine do you recommend to be used with Lyx: LuaTeX
> or XeTeX?
>

As pointed out in this thread, *in principle* you can use both without
trouble... except when you can't. It's a know "issue" (it can be "fixed"
with extra preamble code) that several OpenType features that should be on
by default, such as italic correction in equations and (if I remember
right) contextual ligatures on normal text, are disabled on LuaTeX, but
work without problems in XeTeX.

If you're a Lua geek, then you'll get a powerful tool to implement your own
macros, but most people are not Lua geeks, so, it's worth it? As always, it
depends: LuaTeX offers more options for microtype than XeTeX and it's
implementing support for variable fonts, but in my experience, when you
want to go a step further with OpenType XeTeX is more reliable than LuaTeX.

But as it's often said, your mileage may vary :)

Regards,
Ricardo



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Re: LuaTeX vs XeTeX

2021-12-28 Thread Pavel Sanda via lyx-users
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 03:31:15PM +0100, Herbert Voss via lyx-users wrote:
> >Could anyone of the better informed review https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LuaTeX ?
> >Some of the claims (like LuaTeX is still in beta status) are unlikely to be 
> >truth
> >and they can shape LyX users base in a wrong direction...
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> That is wrong: LuaTeX ,and XeTeX too, are more or less frozen code, just
> like TeX.

My point was not to trigger discussion but to ask someone more knowledgable
to review our wiki written in 2010, with very likely misleading info.

Or should we ditch the page completely?
Pavel
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