latex vs xetex

[Steve Litt]

Patrick Dupre said on Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:54:45 +0200

>Hello,
>
>I used to use lyx with latex.
>Now I get:
>Class moderncv Warning: "academicons requires xetex/luatex to work.
>Using alter natives.".
>
>How to I switch to xetex for a specific document?

I'm going to get a lot of static about this, but in any serious
documents I place a compile shellscript in the directory and use that
to compile the LyX document and display it in *my* PDF viewer. So each
doc has its own compilation method, and when there are problems, LyX is
almost completely ruled out as a root cause. It's either something I
did or an unfortunate CTAN change.

Over time, as things evolve, usually for the better, I can alter my
compile script to take advantage of the changes. With my compile
shellscript, I can do a reconfigure every time with configure.py. I
name my shellscript something like jj so when it's time to recompile my
book I simply do ./jj  . After all, I'm already in the book's directory.

SteveT

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