[XeTeX] [tex-live] Future state of XeTeX in TeXLive

[mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, William Adams wrote:
> > majority of documents are created using GUI tools.   What use cases
> > are better served by batch mode, and in what cases is TeX used by
> > default because of available GUI tools refuse to play.
>
> Large database publications. Variable data printing.

Also, anything where documents end up checked into the source control
and configuration management systems used for software development.  It's
really nice to be able to compile my TeX documents along with my code.  I
can't do that with GUI tools.
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Matthew Skala
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