[XeTeX] xelatex math problem with sqrt

[Jonathan Kew]

On 29 May 2008, at 2:17 pm, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

> Am Thu, 29 May 2008 12:42:30 +0100 schrieb Jonathan Kew:
>
>
>
>> Thanks for checking. It is also correct with both 0.998.3 and 0.999.0
>> on Mac OS X.
>>
>> Therefore, this looks like a problem with the MikTeX build, and
>> should be reported there.
>
> I tried
>
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \begin{document}
> $\sqrt{x^1_2}$
> \end{document}
>
> an Xelatex on miktex crash (also with option --no-pdf). It seems that
> the three commands \sqrt, ^ and _ are needed for the crash. I will  
> make
> a bug report on the miktex site.
>
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.998.3 (MiKTeX 2.7).

That's odd, as Lars Davies just reported that it works correctly for  
him.

You might like to recreate the xelatex.fmt file, in case there's  
something odd or out-of-date about that.

JK