[XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

[Philipp Stephani]

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> Von: Axel Kielhorn <A.Kielhorn at web.de>
> An: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex at tug.org>
> Gesendet: Montag, den 27. September 2010, 16:45:18 Uhr
> Betreff: Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort
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> Am 26.09.2010 um 19:11 schrieb Michiel Kamermans:
> 
> > Windows users use things like textpad (although because it  still refuses to 
>move to unicode, much less so than a few years ago)
> 
> I  have Wordpad which says it can write Unicode files.

Notepad has been able to write UTF-16 and UTF-8 files for decades.

> 
> > notepad++,  notepad2, ultraedit, and all those "they started as windows 
>programs so every  windows user recommends them to their windows user friends".
> 
> Is there any  editor with LaTeX support?

Another question: do beginners need an editor with LaTeX support? I don't think 
it is wise to recommend a "large", complex editor like TeXnicCenter or Vim to 
newcomers. Most good programming books take care not to overwhelm newbies with 
complicated editors or IDEs.
Maybe it would be easiest to start with plain Notepad. If they start writing 
longer documents, they can still switch to a more elaborate editor.

> How about TeXworks? 
> 
> I know that  TeXniccenter does not support Unicode. (This is what lshort  
>recommends)
> Another suggestion is LEd but it seems to be pre-Unicode as  well.

Which is barely acceptable given that the last non-Unicode Windows system was 
released ten years ago. Indeed I think lshort.pdf should not recommend any 
editor that is not Unicode-enabled.