[XeTeX] Let me get it straight...

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 18, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:

> Looking at the file xltxtra.sty that is current as of today in TeXlive 2010
> (version 2010/06/03 v0.5d) and grepping it for "Require", we find that it
> includes the following commands:
> 
> \RequirePackage{ifluatex}
> \RequirePackage{fontspec}[2010/05/14 v2.0]
> \RequirePackage{ifxetex}
> \RequireXeTeX
> \RequirePackage{fontspec}[2010/05/14 v2.0]
> \RequirePackage{xunicode}
> \RequirePackage{metalogo}
> 
> So yes, if you have a version of xltxtra.sty from June this year onwards, it
> does automatically load fontspec and xunicode if they aren't already loaded.
> 
> Best,
> Dominik
> 
> Dominik Wujastyk
> 
> 
> On 18 September 2010 16:57, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Right now I'm loading xltxtra alone (since it loads xunicode and fontspec).
>> In some of my older documents I am loading all three. With an updated
>> fontspec (as of version ?) under xelatex which of the three packages do I
>> need to be loading. Just trying to streamline my xelatex templates.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

I know about that, but I thought I read that at some point fontspec will include what xltxtra has and, possibly, also include xunicode. Then you would only use fontspec rather than xltxtra or some combination of them.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)