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<DIV>Dear list,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm a relatively new subscriber to this list, and also am just beginning to use XeLaTeX (a few months' experience).</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>This may or may not be the right list to query, if not, by all means point me in the right direction!</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>1. I am currently using a Windows XP environment. I've been using TeXMakerX to write my documents. Generally works well, a bit of a problem with cursor placement at times, and not too good when I used RTL text (Hebrew in my case). TeXnicCenter is out, it seems, can't deal with Unicode (ideally I need to access Plane 1 as well as BMP). Can anyone suggest additional alternatives I should consider?</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Between this and other things I wish to pursue (yacc, compilers, etc.) seems like I should consider getting a hold of a Unix environment. Can someone tell me to what extent OS/X is Unix--dialect thereof, clone, will work or won't work like? Down the road I can either replace this laptop with a Mac and/or I can set up a Linux box perhaps.... (I'm finding resources for Windows in all cases pretty hard to come by...)</DIV>
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<DIV>Much appreciated,</DIV>
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<DIV>K</DIV>
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<DIV>Karljürgen G. Feuerherm, PhD<BR>Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies<BR>Wilfrid Laurier University<BR>75 University Avenue West<BR>Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5<BR>Tel. (519) 884-1970 x3193<BR>Fax (519) 883-0991 (ATTN Arch. & Classics)</DIV></BODY></HTML>