On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Arno Trautmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Arno.Trautmann@gmx.de">Arno.Trautmann@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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- Is it available (by default) on all large distros?<br>
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Yes, it is in TeX live and MiKTeX. All Linux dristros that take TeX live also should have it if they are up to date.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>LuaTeX was only added to MiKTeX in the last release, 2.9. It has been in TeX Live and MacTeX for ages---since 2007 or something like that.</div>
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- What is the benefit of lua*tex over the corresponding pdf*tex?<br>
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• full unicode support<br>
• full support for smart fonts<br>
• sane programming language<br>
• possibility to hook into the TeX engine at several important points and change what it's doing.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>One more very important feature:</div><div><br></div><div> - Dynamically allocates memory---no more "TeX capacity exceeded" errors which are a royal pain to work around.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-Charlie </div></div>