Re: [Orgmode] Org and XeTeX?

[Carsten Dominik]

On Apr 22, 2010, at 6:10 PM, 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".


Hi Ross,

I found a blog post by Kieran Healy today - it addresses this
problem in an elegant way.  Maybe this should somehow be integrated
into the FAQ or a XeTeX-Org-mode tutorial?

http://www.kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2011/01/21/exporting-org-mode-to-pdf-via-xelatex/

- Carsten

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