[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.4 available

[Ross Moore]

Hi Jonathan,


On 21/04/2004, at 3:17 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> I've posted a new version of XeTeX, the Unicode-based TeX for OS X; see
>
> 	http://scripts.sil.org/xetex/
>
> This fixes a number of reported bugs:
> * incorrect setting of \mathchar values

  Yes.

> * height and width keywords for \picfile and \pdffile were not working

Yes --- but now there is a problem with  'rotated'
    the box is wrong, not enclosing the image correctly:


\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
  \centerline{\framebox{\picfile "xetex.jpg" scaled 500 rotated 45}}

  \centerline{\framebox{\picfile "xetex.jpg" width 3cm rotated 30}%
   \framebox{\picfile "xetex.jpg" height 5cm width 2cm rotated 75}}%

\centerline{\framebox{%
  \picfile "xetex.jpg"  width 5cm height 2cm scaled 500}}
\end{document}

  ... where  xetex.jpg  is your logo.


> * fclose() error messages related to font loading

Yes.

> * excessively large PDF file generation when using TFM-based (rather 
> than AAT) fonts
> * bad OTF encoding prevented Acrobat viewing output with TFM-based 
> fonts
>
> It also adds a couple of new features:
> * driver support for \special{x:textcolorpush/pop} and 
> \special{x:rulecolorpush/pop}

Yes.  My  xetex.def  uses the push/pop mechanism by default,
but it can be turned-off, using  \noXeTeXcolorstack  for those
special cases where color stacks may not work properly.


> * precompiled LaTeX format (xelatex.xfmt) is included, and xelatex 
> link to executable is installed

Nice.


  \picfile  doesn't work with movies, even though QuickTime runs them.
Is there a good reason for this ?
Can it be made to work ?


> Note that the installer scripts are known to be fragile, and may fail 
> to find the proper directories for installation on setups that differ 
> significantly from a standard teTeX/gwTeX installation. Look in 
> /tmp/xetex-install/ for clues if installation fails.
>
> I'd be happy to receive suggestions for better approaches to 
> installation, from those more familiar with the various ways a TeX 
> system on OS X may be configured.


Thanks a bunch for this version.
Much is fixed, but there are still a few problems.


Cheers

	Ross


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