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Javier Bezos<p>Now that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luatex</span></a> is the recommended engine for LaTeX, you can find in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/babel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babel</span></a> site minimal localized documents for about 300 languages ​​and 45 scripts. There are also basic guides on how to migrate from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pdftex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdftex</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xetex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xetex</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multilingual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multilingual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texlatex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texlatex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localization</span></a></p><p><a href="https://latex3.github.io/babel/guides/index-locale.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">latex3.github.io/babel/guides/</span><span class="invisible">index-locale.html</span></a></p>
Daniel Hernández<p>News about <a href="https://mstdn.degu.cl/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> from Joseph Wright: <a href="https://mstdn.degu.cl/tags/LuaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuaTeX</span></a> is the recommended system, and <a href="https://mstdn.degu.cl/tags/XeTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XeTeX</span></a> is not recommended. <a href="https://mstdn.degu.cl/tags/pdfTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdfTeX</span></a> is still supported, but it is better to start new projects with luaTeX. Full news in the link below. <a href="https://mstdn.degu.cl/tags/TexLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexLaTeX</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.texdev.net/2024/11/05/engine-news-from-the-latex-project" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texdev.net/2024/11/05/engine-n</span><span class="invisible">ews-from-the-latex-project</span></a></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>1) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harfbuzz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harfbuzz</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> shaping engine, it's used in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChromeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChromeOS</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GTK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTK</span></a>+, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qt</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenJDK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenJDK</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XeTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XeTeX</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlayStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayStation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Edge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edge</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photoshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photoshop</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustrator</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InDesign</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godot</span></a> Engine, and other places.</p><p>2) Harfbuzz 8.0 introduces a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasm</span></a> shaper, that allows <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebAssembly</span></a> to be embedded in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/font" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>font</span></a> file. <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/HarfBuzz-8.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">phoronix.com/news/HarfBuzz-8.0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>3) It's only a matter of time until someone embeds a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptominer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptominer</span></a> in a font file.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fonts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
André Ourednik<p>Something for scientists who also read other languages than English:</p><p>Correctly sort Bibliographic Entries with Diacritics in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/natbib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natbib</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BibTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibTeX</span></a>)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XeTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XeTeX</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ourednik.info/maps/2023/12/04/correctly-sort-bibliographic-entries-with-diacritics-in-latex-natbib-bibtex/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ourednik.info/maps/2023/12/04/</span><span class="invisible">correctly-sort-bibliographic-entries-with-diacritics-in-latex-natbib-bibtex/</span></a></p>