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[AUCTeX] Re: running xelatex instead of pdflatex
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Patrick Gundlach |
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[AUCTeX] Re: running xelatex instead of pdflatex |
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Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:10:26 +0100 |
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Hello Ralf,
>> on some texts, I'd like to use the 'xelatex' engine/format instead of
>> pdflatex. What would be the best way to be able to switch engines
>> manually or by a variable set in the buffer?
>
> Do the documents use special LaTeX packages which could be checked in
> `LaTeX-command-style'?
\usepackage{fontspec} is currently (and will be for some time from
now) a 100% proof that xelatex should be used. Of course, the absence
is not a proof that xelatex shouldn't be used, but I think a test on
the presence of fontspec should be enough.
Patrick