[XeTeX] Linux Support Planned?

[Rik Herrin]

Thanks a lot for your reply Jonathan.  Unfortunately,
I'm not a Tex developer and I'm just an end-user who
ran across Xetex and was impressed :D  Sorry I can't
help out :(  But I wish you the best of luck :D 
Thanks for your time.

--- Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org> wrote:

> On 7 Mar 2006, at 3:26 pm, Rik Herrin wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >   I just came across Xetex and from what I've seen
> /
> > read so far, it's very impressive (more impressive
> > than anything I've seen in the latex area on
> Linux).
> > I love the screenshots of the various languages:
> > Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic. :D  Unfortunately, it seems
> to
> > only run on Mac OS X at the time.
> 
> Right.
> 
> >   Are there any plans
> > on getting it to run under Linux?  If so, how can
> I
> > follow up on this?  Thank you for your time.
> 
> Yes, there are. If you're a Linux TeX developer with
> in-depth  
> understanding of the TeXlive configuration and build
> system, and/or  
> TeX installation and packaging issues for different
> distros, etc.,  
> then write me off-list if you think you'd like to
> contribute. (And if  
> not, please be patient until I have something that's
> fit for normal  
> users to try!)
> 
> JK
> 
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