[XeTeX] Emacs (X11) and XeTeX

[Stephen Moye]

On Feb 3, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 03.02.2007 um 13:30 schrieb Stephen Moye:
>
>> One final question: How do I set about altering
>>
>>> (add-to-list 'LaTeX-command-style
>>> 	     '("\\`fontspec\\'" "xelatex %S%(PDFout)"))
>>
>> to use plain TeX xetex?
>
> I think there is no way: which particular command is unique for
> XeTeX? The font names might be a hint, but XeTeX also accepts their
> usual TeX names. One isn't always explicitly selecting Apple's ATSUI
> or the ICU OpenType font renderer or a particular font face, colour,
> mapping ...
>
>
> So there's only one option left:
>
> 	%%% Local Variables:
> 	%%% coding: utf-8
> 	%%% mode: tex
> 	%%% TeX-command-default: "XɘTeX"
> 	%%% TeX-master: t
> 	%%% End:
>
> and the XɘTeX command needs to be defined and added.

My apologies for being new to this and asking what are, no doubt,
excessively elementary questions, but...

When you say "and the XɘTeX command needs to be defined and added",
how is this done?

Thanks for your help.

Stephen