[OS X TeX] Fontspec + muticols

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 8, 2013, at 6:09 AM, Jacques ANDRÉ <jacques.andre35 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the following program on TeXShop :
> 
> %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{multicol}
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \usepackage{makeidx} 
> \makeindex
> \begin{document} % 
> aaaa\index{aaa}
> \begin{multicols}{3}
> bbb
> \printindex
> \end{multicols}
> \end{document}
> 
> I successfully run it with Lualatex
> then I successfully run it with makeindex
> then, if I try to run it with lualatex again, I must abort it for it loops (infinite number of output pages)
> 
> If i delete the \usepackage{fontspec} OR if I comment the \begin{multicols}{3} and \end{multicols} lines  , it works.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Jacques André

Howdy,

Don't know why this happens but it also happens with xelatex. Please mention this problem on the XeTeX list, <http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex>, and/or the LuaTeX list <http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/luatex>.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)