Sure, I'll give it a try, but I might not get around to it for a few days. Cheers, Chris. On 1 June 2013 08:43, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi Christopher, > > Would you like to provide a patch? > > - Carsten > > On 31.5.2013, at 09:58, Christopher Witte wrote: > > Sorry for the late reply. > > I'm not entirely sure either, I pretty much just blindly followed the > instructions on the FAQ. I don't think this is at all the minimum you need > to get xelatex working, it also sets up a few other things. For instance > it used latexmk instead of just recompiling a few times. Perhaps the FAQ > should be split up into a few different questions: > 1. minimum setup for XeLaTeX, something similar to your setup > 2. how to use latexmk > > Cheers, > Chris > > > > On 22 May 2013 19:07, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >> Hi Christopher, >> >> On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 05:42:04PM +0200, Christopher Witte wrote: >> > >> > I had export working using XeLaTeX using the instructions from the >> > FAQ> >(with >> > some slight modifications), but after upgrading to the new export it >> > isn't working. It appears the hook >> > org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook isn't defined anymore. >> > >> > Any advice on what I need to change to get it to work? >> >> I have noticed discussions on this before and I fail to understand the >> need for all the setup mentioned in the above Worg entry. I use XeLaTeX >> almost exclusively, and all I have is something like this: >> >> ;;; XeLaTeX customisations >> ;; remove "inputenc" from default packages as it clashes with xelatex >> (setf org-latex-default-packages-alist >> (remove '("AUTO" "inputenc" t) org-latex-default-packages-alist)) >> >> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "xltxtra" t)) >> ;; choose Linux Libertine O as serif and Linux Biolinum O as sans-serif >> fonts >> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "libertineotf" t)) >> >> ;; org to latex customisations, -shell-escape needed for minted >> (setq org-export-dispatch-use-expert-ui t ; non-intrusive export >> dispatch >> org-latex-pdf-process ; for regular export >> '("xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode >> -output-directory %o %f" >> "xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode >> -output-directory %o %f" >> "xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode >> -output-directory %o %f")) >> >> For beamer export I add this line: >> >> #+LaTeX_HEADER: \setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O} >> >> So far I have not encountered any problems. Although I have to say, I >> do not use unicode in mathmode. >> >> I am curious to know why others need all this elaborate setup to use >> XeLaTeX. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> Suvayu >> >> Open source is the future. It sets us free. >> >> > >