2018-05-01 17:22 GMT+02:00 Philip Taylor :
> r.erm...@hccnet.nl wrote:
>
> One other advantage is that Context works with xml quite smoothly, once
> you know how to set it up.
>
> So can plain XeTeX -- please see http://hellenic-institute.uk/
> research/lpl/Greek-MSS/Catalogue/Eutypon/e31-a02.pdf
r.erm...@hccnet.nl wrote:
One other advantage is that Context works with xml quite smoothly,
once you know how to set it up.
So can plain XeTeX -- please see
http://hellenic-institute.uk/research/lpl/Greek-MSS/Catalogue/Eutypon/e31-a02.pdf
(first
One other advantage is that Context works with xml quite smoothly, once you
know how to set it up.
Robert
> Op 1 mei 2018, om 13:38 heeft Wilfred van Rooijen het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> Following Mojca's explanation, I feel I should switch to ConTeXt :-))
>
> Wilfred
>
>
>
> On Tuesday
Following Mojca's explanation, I feel I should switch to ConTeXt :-))
Wilfred
On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 3:43 PM, Mojca Miklavec
wrote:
On 26 April 2018 at 14:20, Carrs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a newbie question. I would like advice on which TeX-based software it would
> be best to learn in detai
On 1 May 2018 at 08:57, Philip Taylor (RHUoL) wrote:
> Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>>
>> It is of course completely free and opensources, no licences (that is
>> also true for nearly all TeX anyway).
>>
> No licence ? It will never get into TeX Live then :-)
What I meant was no licencing fees of cou
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
It is of course completely free and opensources, no licences (that is
also true for nearly all TeX anyway).
No licence ? It will never get into TeX Live then :-)
From https://tug.org/texlive/LICENSE.TL:
LICENSING FOR NEW PACKAGES:
Finally, we are often asked what l
On 26 April 2018 at 14:20, Carrs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a newbie question. I would like advice on which TeX-based software it would
> be best to learn in detail for my typesetting plans. So far, I have learned
> a little TeX and a little LaTeX, but not enough of either to tell me which
> will work best f
Thank you all,
this is all very helpful information with some good leads on where to go
next.
Chris
On 28/04/18 11:53, Martin Schröder wrote:
2018-04-26 14:20 GMT+02:00 Carrs :
a newbie question. I would like advice on which TeX-based software it would
be best to learn in detail for my typ
What I was trying to explain was the following: even if the software supports
UTF-8 / unicode, then that does not necessarily mean that it supports ("out of
the box") all your typographical wishes and demands.
The OP was referring to several complicated typesetting tasks. My advice is: do
not st
> Second, about unicode, my experiences are mixed. I use Japanese as my main
> language of communication. I found that "plain XeLaTeX" is not really
> adequate for Japanese as it lacks many common features; LuaLaTeX performs
> better, but still not as good as the pre-UTF-8 special "Japanese LaTe
2018-04-26 14:20 GMT+02:00 Carrs :
> a newbie question. I would like advice on which TeX-based software it would
> be best to learn in detail for my typesetting plans. So far, I have learned
> a little TeX and a little LaTeX, but not enough of either to tell me which
> will work best for me.
Pleas
Allow me to contribute my two cents to the discussion.
First, it is my experience, and I also always tell my students, the following:
"if you have something you want to typeset with LaTeX, somebody else has wanted
that a long time ago, and yet someone else will have written a package for it".
Th
Unless you have the mindset of a programmer and enjoy writing everything
from scratch, I would go with XeLaTeX rather than plain XeTeX.
William's advice about gradually locating packages that will help you is
good. I have used the memoir class to typeset a fairly complex book
(side margins, m
As a person who really misses Textures, and has used a fair number of
commercial TeX products, no, it's not all opensource, though that's pretty
much all that's left these days, which is a powerful argument to the
virtues of opensource.
xelatex can do what you want, and I believe that if you start
Hi,
everything from the TeX world is free and multiplatform. Of course, there
are nonfree text editors that can help you with creation of the source text
and running all task by pushing buttons on a task bar but they are not
needed and free tools are available.
Both plain XeTeX and XeLaTeX are bu
Carrs wrote:
Hi,
a newbie question. I would like advice on which TeX-based
software it would be best to learn in detail for my typesetting
plans. So far, I have learned a little TeX and a little LaTeX,
but not enough of either to
Hi,
a newbie question. I would like advice on which TeX-based software it
would be best to learn in detail for my typesetting plans. So far, I
have learned a little TeX and a little LaTeX, but not enough of either
to tell me which will work best for me.
The features I want to be able to type
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