Gour wrote:
Hi!
After moving to emacs I decided to settle on ConTeXt markup and want to use Unicode engine.
Luatex is advancing very nicely and I wonder is there any reason to use XeTeX over luatex, i.e. what features are missing (if any) in regards to regarding font-handling in luatex in comparison with XeTeX?
hard to say; xetex uses a libary + some of its own code for open type handling; luatex needs lua code; many features are already implemented there are some linebreak related ones for which we either need an extension to the par builder i.e. glyph altermnatives, or i need to do the linebreaking in lua missing things in luatex is just a matter of time (and motivation on my side -); i suppose that xetex is currently somewhat faster but luatex will be more flexible (which of course also has some costs); i think that both have their place and prefered usage; it all depends on your usage and expectations; of course at some point mkiv (with luatex) will go way beyond what we now do with mkii context will support both engines Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------