[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.9 is available

[Jonathan Kew]

After a too-long delay (with too many other things to do!), a new 
release of XeTeX is available for those intrepid folks who'd like to 
try it.

Some highlights of the new release include:
• moved to TeXLive 2004 codebase (new Web2C and kpathsearch)
• format files are now .fmt, not .xfmt -- no longer need to patch 
fmtutil
• no longer needs to install special .otf versions of legacy Computer 
Modern and other fonts
• implemented \XeTeXinputencoding and \XeTeXdefaultencoding primitives
• added \special{x:fontmapfile} and \special{x:fontmapline} for dynamic 
fontmap modification
• added alpha support to dvips-style "color" \specials
• fixed the infinite-[][][][] bug (see the XeTeX FAQ), so special 
extra_mem_bot settings are no longer needed
• fixed hyphenation bug that could occur when a word using a "native" 
font was followed by an explicit kern

Note that this release is based on TeXLive 2004 sources, and should be 
a "better citizen" in a TL2004 setup. Enough things have changed/moved, 
however, that there may well be some bumps in the road; it works well 
for me with gwTeX 2004 "stable", but I haven't got the time and 
resources to test every other configuration you can dream up.

It's available via i-Installer, or as a .dmg with an Apple Installer 
package.

The documentation (such as it is!) hasn't yet been updated to describe 
the new features, but I'll try to get to that shortly.

Enjoy!

JK