[XeTeX] New user of XeTeX: book in Esperanto (UTF-8)

[Theodore M Rolle, Jr.]

As a new (and delighted!) user of XeTeX, I'd suggest using xelatex
because if you ever want or need to change to LaTeX the change would be
easier.
It is also possible that I don't know enough about XeTeX to make such a
statement; It's based on about a week's experience.

Ted


On 12/20/2012 09:26 AM, John Was wrote:
> Dear Sian
> 
> I use only plain XeTeX (not XeLaTeX), and the files it reads are
> standard UTF files created in the Babelpad text editor (or rather, since
> most files I receive are in Word, they are saved to .txt form and then
> called up and saved as .TEX files in Babel - Word has a habit of putting
> bits of rubbish at the end, which need to be flushed out).
> 
> The TeXworks editor supplied with XeTeX will do the job equally well - I
> got into the habit of use Babelpad because of its useful character map,
> if one wants quickly to check that a glyph exists in a given font.
> 
> John
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sian Mountbatten"
> <poenikatu at fastmail.co.uk>
> To: <xetex at tug.org>
> Sent: 20 December 2012 13:46
> Subject: [XeTeX] New user of XeTeX: book in Esperanto (UTF-8)
> 
> 
>> Hello list.
>>
>> I am translating a book written in English into Esperanto. I am using
>> UTF-8 for the book's content.
>> Is it possible to use xetex to read UTF-8 text? Should I create a
>> standard LaTeX document and use
>> XeTeX as a LaTeX package, or can XeTeX be used on it's own? Some help
>> to get me started would
>> be very useful.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> -- 
>> Sian Mountbatten
>> Specialisto pri Algol 68
>>
>>
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