[XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

[Elliott Roper]

On 2 Oct 2010, at 18:56, Philipp Stephani wrote:

> Am 01.10.2010 um 00:49 schrieb Elliott Roper:
> 
>>> As far a documentation is concerned look at the LaTeX Companion for packages.
>> ..and that's where I get a bit taken aback. The book arrives last Saturday. I head for the Index for the bits I really need.
>> XeTeX - nada
>> fontspec - zip
>> Unicode - uhuh
>> ConTeXt - err sorry
>> LuaTeX - the cat ate it
>> I turn to the cover, and yes, it says "Second Edition"
> 
> Which is from 2004. Do you accuse the LaTeX team of not having invented time travel?

I'm a beginner. I have no idea of the history. I don't yet know how to find what version of each of those I have, and when it was released.
I was having a little fun (mostly at myself) as I commented on documentation I would like to see in a beginner manual.

TIme travel would be nice. If I could go back in time to when I ordered the book, I'd take better note the publication date. <grin>

I have read more of TLC2 now, and it is well worth keeping. I wholeheartedly forgive the authors their lack of time travel skills.

Elliott Roper