Wilfred, You are so right! I am just such an intimidated casual beginner. I find myself experimenting in silly directions when my Google-fu fails me. Simple questions like "Does Context play nicely with XeTeX" turns into "Should I learn memoir instead or as well"
I would so welcome the Xe(mumble) companion that I'll volunteer as a test monkey in a blink of an eye. I'll start right now by keeping notes of all the dead-ends I go down. Elliott -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex