So XeTeX= Plain TeX +Unicode support and XeLaTeX = LaTeX +Unicode support?
On 11/29/2017 09:53 PM, Zdenek Wagner wrote:
Hi,
to put it simply, XeTeX is just TeX but it works internally in
Unicode, accepts the source files in UTF-8 (BOM is accepted but is not
mandatory) and can use TrueType and OpenType fonts installed in the
operating system. This means that the \font primitive has other
functionality. It is not necessary to know the details from the very
beginning but depending on what you want to use, whether XeTeX or
XeLaTeX, you have to learn the basics of plain TeX or LaTeX and the
basics of language and font selection (packages polyglossia and
fontspec in case of XeLaTeX). These packages are quite large, if you
choose XeLaTeX, start with simple examples and do not read the whole
manual, return to it later after gaining some experience.
Zdeněk Wagner
http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz
2017-11-29 12:02 GMT+01:00 Elof Ng <elof.hu...@runbox.com
<mailto:elof.hu...@runbox.com>>:
In the document named "XETEX, the Multilingual Lion: TEX meets
Unicode and smart font technologies", Kew mentioned the e-TEX’s
typesetting engine, saying XeTeX is in fact based on it, but I
found nothing about the e-TEX.
Is it same as PlainTeX?
I have briefly read the XeTeX Reference guid, Companion, they just
introduce the topics related to the font, what about the others?
Is XeTeX composed same as PlainTeX?
Do I have to learn TeX first?
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