[XeTeX] Where to start

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 8, 2008, at 5:50 AM, 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?
>
> De Benny

Howdy,

You might find some introductory material in TeXShop's Help->First  
Steps with General Typesetting.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)