[XeTeX] Odd XeTeX behaviior...

[Stephen Moye]

I did some tests. I've discovered that if a call to \reflect is made before there is any text on a page (any page, not just page 1) that typesetting produces no output.

On Sunday, August 22, 2004, at 07:23AM, Stephen Moye <stephenmoye at mac.com> wrote:

>The following file outputs almost nothing if the line indicated is commented out. Curious -- is this a bug?
>
>%%%%%%%%%%
>
>\def\reflect#1{{\setbox0=\hbox{#1}\rlap{\kern0.5\wd0
>  \special{x:gsave}\special{x:scale -1 1}}\box0 \special{x:grestore}}}
>  
>Some tests %% Comment this entire line and there is no output except for one R!
>
>\noindent\setbox1=\hbox{\reflect{R}IP First}\box1
>
>\noindent\reflect{R}IP
>
>\leavevmode\hbox{\reflect{R}IP Second}
>
>Some tests
>
>\bye
>
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