[tex-live] xelatex + files with non-ascii chars

Arno Trautmann Arno.Trautmann at gmx.de
Wed Aug 10 14:10:41 CEST 2011


Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Whoever thought that utf8 and unicode would make it easier to use
> file names with non-ascii chars should reconsider this view.

[1] arno at robocat> xelatex äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (TeX Live 2011)
  restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>

[1] arno at robocat> lualatex äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011061410 (rev 4277)
  restricted \write18 enabled.
(./äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>

Using TeX live 2011 on a 64bit Linux, everything works fine here; 2010 
also works.
Whoever thought that using windows would make anything easier should 
reconsider this view.

SCNR ;)

cheers
Arno


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