[XeTeX] The future of XeTeX

[Zdenek Wagner]

2012/8/2 BPJ <bpj at melroch.se>:
> On 2012-08-01 13:44, Zdenek Wagner wrote:
>>
>> 2012/8/1 BPJ <bpj at melroch.se>:
>>>
>>> On 2012-08-01 01:48, Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
>>>
>>>>>                                                    How does this
>>>>> affect what one can do with lua in luatex?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     It does not, really.  And this is not relevant to a discussion about
>>>> XeTeX.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is, since it may determine how dependent I and others
>>> may be on xetex still being around.  If the replacement
>>> can't do what you want then you can't do the switch.
>>>
>>> However I very much like being able to use teckit mappings,
>>> so I really wish xetex will stay around.
>>>
>> If you find the right hook, you can do the same eg with regular
>> expressions. it will be possible to do even more then with teckit but
>> the correct hooks must be found.
>
>
> Of course -- I have written transliterators for use outside the
> TeX world -- but it's very convenient to have such a thing
> ready-made! :-)
>
Is your transliteration available somewhere? I would like to see how
it works and which hooks are used.

> /bpj
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