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[josef dev]

Hi Xetex Group,

I posted the below query on tex discussion and also got answer on some point. Can anybody here give light on my question. I pasted my queries with answer I got in discussion group.

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On Mar 5, 5:02 pm, david <david_... at yahoo.com> wrote: 

> Can somebody tell if use of XeLaTeX is safe, i.e. all latex package 
> will work and any LaTeX file compiled using XeLaTeX will give the 
> identical results? 


Often it will, but there are big exceptions. Especially with input 
encodings, fonts, and, as you say, driver-provided support. 

> I understood that XeLaTeX use xdvipdfmx in place of 
> dvips and this causes some restriction in use of packeages which do 
> not support xdvipdfmx driver. 


Indeed. Furthermore, it doesn't support most of the nice pdftex 
features that you might also be used to. 

> Can any package which support dvips driver be modified/upgraded to 
> support the driver which xelatex need to generate PDF? 


Well, anything's possible, but not really. Although I believe there's 
currently experimental support for pstricks, which I wouldn't have 
thought feasible. 

Anyway, usually you'll be able to work around the problem somehow. 

> Is there anybody who maintains the xdvipdfmx driver and can support 
> the updations? 


Ask on the XeTeX mailing list. You might be able to bribe someone 
there :) 

Hope this helps, 
Will 


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Thanks
David


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