Re: Org and XeTeX?

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Ross Laird <ross@rosslaird.com>
Subject: Re: Org and XeTeX?
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:56:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7325ECC1-358A-4B02-8965-38A34F3E9B73@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9C9F6444-E90B-4FE8-9216-9410524E2C22@tsdye.com>

On Apr 22, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:

>
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Ross Laird wrote:
>
>> I mostly use XeTeX (rather than LaTeX). Can Org be setup to use the  
>> XeTeX
>> engine? I've looked at the variable org-export-latex-classes (as  
>> well as
>> org-export-latex-package-alist), and it looks like I can insert the
>> XeTeX-specific code:
>>
>>   \TeXXeTstate=1
>>   \usepackage{fontspec,xunicode}
>>    
>> \defaultfontfeatures 
>> {Numbers=OldStyle,Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text}
>>   \setmainfont{Sabon LT Std}
>>   \setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Sabon LT Std}
>>   \setsansfont[Scale=MatchUppercase]{Myriad Pro}
>>   \usepackage{xltxtra}
>>
>> But can Org use XeTeX? The command is "xelatex" rather than "latex".
>>
>> Ross
>>
>> --
>> Ross A. Laird, PhD
>> www.rosslaird.com
>
> Aloha Ross,
>
> Earlier this month when changes were made to the LaTeX export  
> configuration, xetex compatibility was left to the user.  There is a  
> footnote to this effect in the manual:
>
> [103] The default LaTeX output is designed for processing with  
> pdftex or latex. It includes packages that are not compatible with  
> xetex and possibly luatex. See the variables org-export-latex- 
> default-packages-alist and org-export-latex-packages-alist.

You can use the variable `org-latex-to-pdf-process' to change the  
commands that are used to process the tex file.

And you can customize org-export-latex-classes to make the class  
headers look like this:

   \TeXXeTstate=1
   \usepackage{fontspec,xunicode}

\defaultfontfeatures{Numbers=OldStyle,Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex- 
text}
   \setmainfont{Sabon LT Std}
   \setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Sabon LT Std}
   \setsansfont[Scale=MatchUppercase]{Myriad Pro}
   \usepackage{xltxtra}
   [DEFAULT-PACKAGES]
   [PACKAGES]
   [EXTRA]

And you can change things around any way you like.

HTH

- Carsten

>
> If you get export to xetex working, I think it would be useful to  
> document the solution either here on the mailing list or, better,  
> somewhere on Worg.
>
> HTH,
> Tom
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- Carsten