Stefan Nobis <stefan-ml@snobis.de> writes:

> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> The downside of lualatex is that it is slower:
>> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87a69j9c6s.fsf@localhost/
>
> Yes, for sure. But I have the impression that newer versions of luatex
> have become a bit faster (maybe it's just a subjective impression that
> I want to be true, because I don't want to regret the complete switch
> to luatex). :)
>
> On the other hand: Luatex is much more flexible and has better support
> for modern fonts and modern font render engines.
>
> It depends what one assumes to be the most common use case for Org. If
> it's many rather short and simple documents then pdftex should suffice
> most of the time and the fast compile speed will matter. If we want to

Isn’t the speed more relevant for large documents? Small documents don’t
need the speed that much, but for my 300 page roleplaying book I already
feel the compile times a lot (with pdflatex).

Best wishes,
Arne
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