[XeTeX] Where to start

[Arno Trautmann]

Benjamin Koppe wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I was told to switch to XeLaTeX, as this would be the new emerging  
> star in typesetting. I study theology and therefor have to set Text in  
> Greek, Hebrew (both the ancient version) and German (which is my  
> mother tungue and works fine so far ;) ). So I looked throu the  
> internet, but I find no place to start, like a rookie introduction.
> 
> It seems to be similar to LaTeX, but in the examples I found so far  
> there are several commands I do not know and I'm nt always sure which  
> command does what etc...
> 
> Where do all you guys have your knowlegde from? Do you read the source  
> code?
> 
> I have a Macbook with MacTex and TeXShop, I loaded them this week so I  
> guess I have the most recent version...
> Is there anywhere in the MacTeX tree some docmentation I did not yet  
> find? I mst confess, the whoe TeX trees were up to now very strange to  
> me and though I was ever told there is documentation within it, I  
> never found it... (nor did I seek to much, as for LaTeX there was  
> enough good info in the internet...).
> 
> Any hints for this rookie?

No hints, sorry, but the same problem. I’m very interested in XeTeX, but 
didn‘t even manage to compile a simple document (TeXLive, Arch Linux). 
I’m still searchin for any documentation, haven‘t found anything.
Is this because XeTeX isn‘t yet officially released or something like that?

greedings
Arno