On 2009-04-05, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Attached is what I have done to start XeTeX support in LyX. Thanks for this. > * provide a simple checkbox "use XeTeX" in Document>Settings > * if this is selected, ... > - provide the proper output and export formats (i.e., only "PDF > (XeTeX)" if XeTeX is chosen, and no "PDF (XeTeX)", if XeTeX > isn't selected) As long as one does not want the more advanced features (additional fonts, XeTeX specifics or incompatible packages), it might be simpler to keep the choice (as currently LaTeX/dvips/ps2pdf vs. LaTeX/dvipdfm vs. PdfLaTeX) so that without going into Document>Settings I can try with the various backends. > XeTeX is frequently requested nowadays, so I think it would be a > valuable feature of 2.0. Indeed. It might even get me into the habit of using XeTeX now and then... Günter
