[XeTeX] The future of XeTeX

[BPJ]

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! :-)

/bpj