[OS X TeX] Re: [OS X Emacs] AucTeX, simpdftex, dvipdfmx in ECE plugin

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 18.04.2007 um 07:05 schrieb Enrico Franconi:

>> '(TeX-command-list (quote
>> 	(("XeTeX" "%`xetex%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil (plain-tex-mode  
>> context-mode texinfo-mode ams-tex-mode))
>> 	("XeTeXx" "%`xetex -output-driver=xdvipdfmx%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run- 
>> TeX nil (plain-tex-mode context-mode texinfo-mode ams-tex-mode))
>> 	("XeLaTeX" "%`xelatex%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil (latex-mode  
>> doctex-mode ams-tex-mode))
>> 	("XeLaTeXx" "%`xelatex -output-driver=xdvipdfmx%(mode)%' %t" TeX- 
>> run-TeX nil (latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode))
>> 	...
>
> Is it just the above?

When I save my customisation nothing else gets added – so this must  
be all!


Ann additional thing is the -E option to xdvipdfmx. Usually xdvipdfmx  
behaves legally, i.e. it respects a font's license that says it may  
not be included in a document. -E removes this behaviour.

There might be other additions needed when working with non-default  
paper sizes. Particularly xdv2pdf, the on Apple's Quartz based  
convertor from XDV to PDF for Mac OS X, is not aware of the default  
paper size set on the system and uses its internal default, letter.  
If someone sloppy does not set in XeTeX or XeLaTeX document the paper  
size, believing it will work as with TeX or LaTeX, he or she can  
encounter a surprise. In those cases the command should be extended to

	"%`xetex -output-driver=xdv2pdf -p a4%(mode)%' %t"
	"%`xelatex -output-driver=xdv2pdf -p a4%(mode)%' %t"

and other variants can be:

	"%`xetex -output-driver=xdv2pdf -p a4:landscape%(mode)%' %t"
	"%`xelatex -output-driver=xdv2pdf -p a4:landscape%(mode)%' %t"

It's obvious that AUCTeX needs built-in support for XeTeX to handle  
the non-default cases and particularly the choice of XDV to PDF  
convertor.

--
Greetings

   Pete

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to  
build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying  
to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
                                                -- Rich Cook



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