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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[ENH]: Support alternate LaTeX engines","articleBody":"### Problem\n\nI don't use Texlive, I use [Tectonic](https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic), and I using `plt.rcParams['text.usetex']` requires me to download a different LaTeX engine, not only because the `latex` binary is searched, but also because the `tex` files that are meant for compilation are meant for `pdflatex`, and not `xetex`, which tectonic essentially wraps.\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nAdd a new option to `rcParams` which will enable using a different LaTeX engine, and another option that will control whether the generated `tex` files should be intended for xetex or `pdftex`.\r\n\r\nThis seems not too complicated to solve, but I wish to know what do you think, and whether you'd be willing to add more moving parts to [`TexManager` class](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/2e921df22ba6b2a7782241798b042403c04cbdaf/lib/matplotlib/texmanager.py#L56), especially since the generated tex files for a `xetex` engine should be substantially different.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/doronbehar","@type":"Person","name":"doronbehar"},"datePublished":"2022-03-28T07:08:19.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/22715/matplotlib/issues/22715"}