Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Nick and Anne Hopton wrote: One other question about XeTeX, will it happily co-exist on the same XP machine as MikTeX? Yes. I use the w32tex install in addition to MikTeX and it works fine (MikTeX was installed first, so comes before w32tex in the path statements, so MikTeX gets used in preference to w32tex, but xetex gets used from w32tex 'cause it's not present in MikTeX). There're also instructions on ``How to use XeTeX for W32 on Web2C- based TeX distribution other than W32TeX'' --- I think those would work w/ MikTeX, but haven't investigated, since I already had w32tex set up. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Nick and Anne Hopton wrote: One other question about XeTeX, will it happily co-exist on the same XP machine as MikTeX? Yes. I use the w32tex install in addition to MikTeX and it works fine (MikTeX was installed first, so comes before w32tex in the path statements, so MikTeX gets used in preference to w32tex, but xetex gets used from w32tex 'cause it's not present in MikTeX). There're also instructions on ``How to use XeTeX for W32 on Web2C- based TeX distribution other than W32TeX'' --- I think those would work w/ MikTeX, but haven't investigated, since I already had w32tex set up. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Nick and Anne Hopton wrote: One other question about XeTeX, will it happily co-exist on the same XP machine as MikTeX? Yes. I use the w32tex install in addition to MikTeX and it works fine (MikTeX was installed first, so comes before w32tex in the path statements, so MikTeX gets used in preference to w32tex, but xetex gets used from w32tex 'cause it's not present in MikTeX). There're also instructions on ``How to use XeTeX for W32 on Web2C- based TeX distribution other than W32TeX'' --- I think those would work w/ MikTeX, but haven't investigated, since I already had w32tex set up. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 21, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. In that case, I'd suggest joining the xetex mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex Or you could try TeXlive which now includes xetex. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. In that case, I'd suggest joining the xetex mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex Or you could try TeXlive which now includes xetex. William Thanks William Los referentes más importantes en compra/ venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. Vistá ar.autos.yahoo.com/
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
One other question about XeTeX, will it happily co-exist on the same XP machine as MikTeX? I like the idea of being able to use ttf fonts without the grief of trying to install them in MikTeX. Regards, Nick. -- Nick and Anne Hopton, Caversham, Reading, England.
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 21, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. In that case, I'd suggest joining the xetex mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex Or you could try TeXlive which now includes xetex. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. In that case, I'd suggest joining the xetex mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex Or you could try TeXlive which now includes xetex. William Thanks William Los referentes más importantes en compra/ venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. Vistá ar.autos.yahoo.com/
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
One other question about XeTeX, will it happily co-exist on the same XP machine as MikTeX? I like the idea of being able to use ttf fonts without the grief of trying to install them in MikTeX. Regards, Nick. -- Nick and Anne Hopton, Caversham, Reading, England.
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 21, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. In that case, I'd suggest joining the xetex mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex Or you could try TeXlive which now includes xetex. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> > I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with > > sources. None work. > > In that case, I'd suggest joining the xetex mailing > list: > > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > Or you could try TeXlive which now includes xetex. > > William > Thanks William Los referentes más importantes en compra/ venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. Vistá ar.autos.yahoo.com/
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
One other question about XeTeX, will it happily co-exist on the same XP machine as MikTeX? I like the idea of being able to use ttf fonts without the grief of trying to install them in MikTeX. Regards, Nick. -- Nick and Anne Hopton, Caversham, Reading, England.
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. I'm afraid my usage of Linux is pretty limited. Have you tried using svn to d/l the source and compile that? Yes. I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. Regards Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor besador! Compartí todo lo que sabés sobre besos en http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorbesador.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. I'm afraid my usage of Linux is pretty limited. Have you tried using svn to d/l the source and compile that? Yes. I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. Regards Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor besador! Compartí todo lo que sabés sobre besos en http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorbesador.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> >>> How I can get xelatex? > >>> I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. > >> > >> It's not a package, but a binary format of the > latex > >> macros processed > >> by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. > >> > >> http://scripts.sil.org/xetex > > > > This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have > opensuse > > 10.2) that no work at all. > > I'm afraid my usage of Linux is pretty limited. > > Have you tried using svn to d/l the source and > compile that? > Yes. I download from xetex site rpm with bin and with sources. None work. Regards Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor besador! Compartí todo lo que sabés sobre besos en http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorbesador.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. I'm afraid my usage of Linux is pretty limited. Have you tried using svn to d/l the source and compile that? or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. Thanks. I will try with last site. I'm afraid that last is for Windows (didn't realise you were on Linux) William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. I'm afraid my usage of Linux is pretty limited. Have you tried using svn to d/l the source and compile that? or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. Thanks. I will try with last site. I'm afraid that last is for Windows (didn't realise you were on Linux) William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. I'm afraid my usage of Linux is pretty limited. Have you tried using svn to d/l the source and compile that? or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. Thanks. I will try with last site. I'm afraid that last is for Windows (didn't realise you were on Linux) William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 14, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. William Thanks. I will try with last site. Marcelo Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 14, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. William Thanks. I will try with last site. Marcelo Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 14, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex macros processed by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. http://scripts.sil.org/xetex or http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html will allow you to download and install xetex which will include xelatex. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> > How I can get xelatex? > > I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. > > It's not a package, but a binary format of the latex > macros processed > by XeTeX which is loaded by xetex. > > http://scripts.sil.org/xetex This site give to me rpm´s for suse (I have opensuse 10.2) that no work at all. > > or > > http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html > > will allow you to download and install xetex which > will include xelatex. > > William > Thanks. I will try with last site. Marcelo Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Marcelo Acuña wrote: Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I have now tested lyx-1.5 with xetex. It works, with a small amount of ERT and preamble commands. Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/XeTeX for instructions a sample document with font changes and a wide range of unicode characters. (symbols, latin, greek, russian, chinese) Helge Hafting
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. It delivers too. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. It's not that bad, once one wraps one's mind around what needs to be done and why. XeTeX is a much better option though as I alluded to in my TUG2003 paper: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf There've been some articles on using LyX w/ xetex in TUGboat if memory serves. XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. You do need to be careful of which packages are used (babel in particular is awkward), but for the most part, xetex is a drop-in replacement for tex, and xelatex is a straight-forward usage of LaTeX. Here's a page w/ specific instructions: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX (which need to be up-dated re: LyX handling UTF8 if I understand the new features of LyX v1.5) William Thanks, I will search for xelatex. Marcelo Los referentes más importantes en compra/venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. ¡Probalo! http://ar.autos.yahoo.com/
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I have now tested lyx-1.5 with xetex. It works, with a small amount of ERT and preamble commands. Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/XeTeX for instructions a sample document with font changes and a wide range of unicode characters. (symbols, latin, greek, russian, chinese) Helge Hafting Thanks. I will try to install it. Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor fotógrafo! Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor fotógrafo! Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Marcelo Acuña wrote: Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I have now tested lyx-1.5 with xetex. It works, with a small amount of ERT and preamble commands. Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/XeTeX for instructions a sample document with font changes and a wide range of unicode characters. (symbols, latin, greek, russian, chinese) Helge Hafting
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. It delivers too. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. It's not that bad, once one wraps one's mind around what needs to be done and why. XeTeX is a much better option though as I alluded to in my TUG2003 paper: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf There've been some articles on using LyX w/ xetex in TUGboat if memory serves. XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. You do need to be careful of which packages are used (babel in particular is awkward), but for the most part, xetex is a drop-in replacement for tex, and xelatex is a straight-forward usage of LaTeX. Here's a page w/ specific instructions: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX (which need to be up-dated re: LyX handling UTF8 if I understand the new features of LyX v1.5) William Thanks, I will search for xelatex. Marcelo Los referentes más importantes en compra/venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. ¡Probalo! http://ar.autos.yahoo.com/
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I have now tested lyx-1.5 with xetex. It works, with a small amount of ERT and preamble commands. Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/XeTeX for instructions a sample document with font changes and a wide range of unicode characters. (symbols, latin, greek, russian, chinese) Helge Hafting Thanks. I will try to install it. Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor fotógrafo! Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor fotógrafo! Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Marcelo Acuña wrote: Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I have now tested lyx-1.5 with xetex. It works, with a small amount of ERT and preamble commands. Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/XeTeX for instructions a sample document with font changes and a wide range of unicode characters. (symbols, latin, greek, russian, chinese) Helge Hafting
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: > > > I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy > > "font handling which allows the usage of TrueType > and > > OpenType fonts". > > It delivers too. > > > Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is > > very dificult for me. I don´t understand > instrucction > > for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. > > It's not that bad, once one wraps one's mind around > what needs to be > done and why. XeTeX is a much better option though > as I alluded to in > my TUG2003 paper: > > http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf > > There've been some articles on using LyX w/ xetex in > TUGboat if > memory serves. > > > XeTeX work with Lyx? > > W/ xelatex, yes. > > You do need to be careful of which packages are used > (babel in > particular is awkward), but for the most part, xetex > is a drop-in > replacement for tex, and xelatex is a > straight-forward usage of LaTeX. > > Here's a page w/ specific instructions: > > http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX > > (which need to be up-dated re: LyX handling UTF8 if > I understand the > new features of LyX v1.5) > > William Thanks, I will search for xelatex. Marcelo Los referentes más importantes en compra/venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. ¡Probalo! http://ar.autos.yahoo.com/
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> > Hello, > > I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to > know: > > > > 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like > XeTeX, > > Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use > this > > with Lyx. > > > > 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package > clash > > (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. > > > I have now tested lyx-1.5 with xetex. It works, > with a small > amount of ERT and preamble commands. > Have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/XeTeX > for instructions a sample document with font changes > and a wide range of unicode characters. > (symbols, latin, greek, russian, chinese) > > Helge Hafting > Thanks. I will try to install it. Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor fotógrafo! Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> > > XeTeX work with Lyx? > > W/ xelatex, yes. > How I can get xelatex? I can´t see any package with this name in CTAN. Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor fotógrafo! Perfeccioná tu técnica y encontrá las mejores fotos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorfotografo.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. It delivers too. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. It's not that bad, once one wraps one's mind around what needs to be done and why. XeTeX is a much better option though as I alluded to in my TUG2003 paper: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf There've been some articles on using LyX w/ xetex in TUGboat if memory serves. XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. You do need to be careful of which packages are used (babel in particular is awkward), but for the most part, xetex is a drop-in replacement for tex, and xelatex is a straight-forward usage of LaTeX. Here's a page w/ specific instructions: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX (which need to be up-dated re: LyX handling UTF8 if I understand the new features of LyX v1.5) William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. It delivers too. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. It's not that bad, once one wraps one's mind around what needs to be done and why. XeTeX is a much better option though as I alluded to in my TUG2003 paper: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf There've been some articles on using LyX w/ xetex in TUGboat if memory serves. XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. You do need to be careful of which packages are used (babel in particular is awkward), but for the most part, xetex is a drop-in replacement for tex, and xelatex is a straight-forward usage of LaTeX. Here's a page w/ specific instructions: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX (which need to be up-dated re: LyX handling UTF8 if I understand the new features of LyX v1.5) William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Aug 12, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Marcelo Acuña wrote: I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy "font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts". It delivers too. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. It's not that bad, once one wraps one's mind around what needs to be done and why. XeTeX is a much better option though as I alluded to in my TUG2003 paper: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf There've been some articles on using LyX w/ xetex in TUGboat if memory serves. XeTeX work with Lyx? W/ xelatex, yes. You do need to be careful of which packages are used (babel in particular is awkward), but for the most part, xetex is a drop-in replacement for tex, and xelatex is a straight-forward usage of LaTeX. Here's a page w/ specific instructions: http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/XeTeX (which need to be up-dated re: LyX handling UTF8 if I understand the new features of LyX v1.5) William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. Regards Marcelo Hi! I'm certainly no expert on this, but I'll try to answer (and I'd be happy to hear better explanations from people who know more): As far as I understand, there are a few different levels: there's the tex distribution (tetex, texlive, ...); there are different sets of macros built around tex (latex, context); and finally, there are different tex engines, which provide extensions to official tex (etex, xetex). These different engines are often also aware of the macro packages such as latex (elatex, xelatex). Specifically, xetex is meant to extend tex with true Unicode support, and also provides font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. The various distributions provide different combinations of engines and macro sets. For example, texlive provides both latex (which appears to actually be elatex?) and xelatex (and maybe more). LyX works with LaTeX. I have used lyx with tetex in the past, and currently am using it with texlive, and both worked without any problems. But in both cases, it's the *latex* that I've used with LyX I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. XeTeX work with Lyx? Thanks Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor ambientalista! Encontrá consejos para cuidar el lugar donde vivimos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorambientalista.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. Regards Marcelo Hi! I'm certainly no expert on this, but I'll try to answer (and I'd be happy to hear better explanations from people who know more): As far as I understand, there are a few different levels: there's the tex distribution (tetex, texlive, ...); there are different sets of macros built around tex (latex, context); and finally, there are different tex engines, which provide extensions to official tex (etex, xetex). These different engines are often also aware of the macro packages such as latex (elatex, xelatex). Specifically, xetex is meant to extend tex with true Unicode support, and also provides font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. The various distributions provide different combinations of engines and macro sets. For example, texlive provides both latex (which appears to actually be elatex?) and xelatex (and maybe more). LyX works with LaTeX. I have used lyx with tetex in the past, and currently am using it with texlive, and both worked without any problems. But in both cases, it's the *latex* that I've used with LyX I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts. Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. XeTeX work with Lyx? Thanks Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor ambientalista! Encontrá consejos para cuidar el lugar donde vivimos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorambientalista.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
> > Hello, > > I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to > know: > > > > 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like > XeTeX, > > Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use > this > > with Lyx. > > > > 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package > clash > > (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. > > > > Regards > > Marcelo > > > > Hi! > > I'm certainly no expert on this, but I'll try to > answer (and I'd be > happy to hear better explanations from people who > know more): > > As far as I understand, there are a few different > levels: there's the > tex "distribution" (tetex, texlive, ...); there are > different sets of > macros built around tex (latex, context); and > finally, there are > different tex "engines", which provide extensions to > "official" tex > (etex, xetex). These different engines are often > also aware of the macro > packages such as latex (elatex, xelatex). > Specifically, xetex is meant > to extend tex with true Unicode support, and also > provides font handling > which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType > fonts. > > The various distributions provide different > combinations of engines and > macro sets. For example, texlive provides both latex > (which appears to > actually be elatex?) and xelatex (and maybe more). > > LyX works with LaTeX. I have used lyx with tetex in > the past, and > currently am using it with texlive, and both worked > without any > problems. But in both cases, it's the *latex* that > I've used with LyX I am interested in XeTeX because it promise easy "font handling which allows the usage of TrueType and OpenType fonts". Add new fonts for Latex and Lyx is very dificult for me. I don´t understand instrucction for it. For me instruction look like a hot hell. XeTeX work with Lyx? Thanks Marcelo ¡Sé un mejor ambientalista! Encontrá consejos para cuidar el lugar donde vivimos. http://ar.yahoo.com/promos/mejorambientalista.html
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 07:07:08PM -0300, Marcelo Acuña wrote: Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I think you can use anything that provides some variant of _latex_. Tex Live is fine - I have been using that for some time. LyX will not work with ConTeXt though. This because ConTeXt is not simply a different variety of LaTeX. Both LaTeX and ConTeXt are extensions of TeX, but they are very different extensions. I don't know about xetex. Whatever you use, it must understand the latex commands LyX generates. ConTeXt does not. Anything that claims to support LaTeX (possibly with some interesting extensions) ought to work. Helge Hafting
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 07:07:08PM -0300, Marcelo Acuña wrote: Hello, I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this with Lyx. 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. I think you can use anything that provides some variant of _latex_. Tex Live is fine - I have been using that for some time. LyX will not work with ConTeXt though. This because ConTeXt is not simply a different variety of LaTeX. Both LaTeX and ConTeXt are extensions of TeX, but they are very different extensions. I don't know about xetex. Whatever you use, it must understand the latex commands LyX generates. ConTeXt does not. Anything that claims to support LaTeX (possibly with some interesting extensions) ought to work. Helge Hafting
Re: question about XeTex, ConTeXt and others
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 07:07:08PM -0300, Marcelo Acuña wrote: > Hello, > I have linux (opensuse 10.2) and I want to know: > > 1) if I can install other distros of Tex like XeTeX, > Tex Live, ConTeXt, etc., instead Latex and to use this > with Lyx. > > 2) If I get a gain with this, like no package clash > (ConTeXt), add more easy font (XeTeX), etc. > I think you can use anything that provides some variant of _latex_. Tex Live is fine - I have been using that for some time. LyX will not work with ConTeXt though. This because ConTeXt is not simply a different variety of LaTeX. Both LaTeX and ConTeXt are extensions of TeX, but they are very different extensions. I don't know about xetex. Whatever you use, it must understand the latex commands LyX generates. ConTeXt does not. Anything that claims to support LaTeX (possibly with some interesting extensions) ought to work. Helge Hafting
