[XeTeX] No hyphenation patterns were loaded

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:11:42 +0100 schrieb Sven Siegmund:

> Hello,
> 
> I need your help to load Czech hyphenation patterns
> 
> I use Windows-build of XeTeX 3.141592-2.2-0.997 (MiKTeX 2.7)
> 
> My preamble looks like:
> \documentclass[a4paper,twopage]{article}
> \usepackage[czech]{babel}
> \usepackage{fontspec,xunicode,xlxtra,cite,gb4e}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> \stemainfont{Adobe Caslon Pro}
> 
> I have read this FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newlang
> 
> I altered /miktex/tex/generic/config/language.dat
> and removed the comment before the line
> czech xu-czhyph.tex

This shouldn't be necessary. Simply check czech in the language tab of
miktex settings. 


> Then I started the MiKTeX-Options (Start/Programs/Mitex 2.7/Settings)
> In the Languages Tab I ticked the Czech xu-czhyph.tex line
> and in the General Tab I clicked on "Update Formats"
> 
> But somehow I have the feeling it got not updated because I still get
> the error when xelatexing the file:
> Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
> nohyphenation, german, ngerman, french, loaded.
> ...
> Package babel warning: No hyphenation were loaded for
> (babel) the language 'Czech'
> (babel) I will use the patterns loaded for \language=0 instead.
> 
> I checked in the Formats-Tab,
> there are entries for xelatex and xetex which are set up to be
> excluded when updating all format files. Is it relevant to this? 

Yes. The "update formats" button updates only the formats that are not
excluded (you wouldn't want miktex to build a lot of formats that you
never use anyway...). Either build the xelatex format by selecting it
and then click "build", or "include" it.


-- 
Ulrike Fischer