[OS X TeX] Different results with TeXLive intel/ppc

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 9 nov. 06 à 13:27, William Adams a écrit :

> Installing XeTeX is straightforward enough from source, use svn to
> checkout the sources, then the scripts to build and then install it.

You can also download a tarball from the svn repository at <http:// 
scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK/>, or directly through the link  
<http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK.tar.gz?view=tar>.

Compiling is as easy as installing Xcode (in case you don't have it),  
then cd'ing in Terminal to the directory where the tarball has been  
unpacked and typing in:

sh build-xetex
sudo sh install-xetex

As a rule, the installations in the "Building from scratch" section  
of the "XeTeX for Linux" page do apply on OS X as well. Ditto for  
xdvipdfmx.

Beware though, the compilation will tax a substantial amount of your  
cpu while it's running. And it will run for some time:

- On a MacPro at 2.66 GHz with 2 GB RAM:

$ time sh build-xetex
[...]
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bvoisin  bvoisin  14647668 Nov  9 15:48 Work/texk/ 
web2c/xetex
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bvoisin  bvoisin     86848 Nov  9 15:48 Work/texk/ 
xdv2pdf/T1Wrap
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bvoisin  bvoisin    960096 Nov  9 15:48 Work/texk/ 
xdv2pdf/xdv2pdf

real    5m21.707s
user    2m36.633s
sys     1m22.146s

- On a PowerBook G4 at 1 GHz with 1 GB RAM:

$ time sh build-xetex
[...]
-rwxr-xr-x   1 brunovoi  staff  14817060 Nov  9 16:09 Work/texk/web2c/ 
xetex
-rwxr-xr-x   1 brunovoi  staff     87788 Nov  9 16:09 Work/texk/ 
xdv2pdf/T1Wrap
-rwxr-xr-x   1 brunovoi  staff    992556 Nov  9 16:09 Work/texk/ 
xdv2pdf/xdv2pdf

real    19m40.702s
user    10m19.544s
sys     3m47.110s

Bruno Voisin

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