[XeTeX] %&-parsing problem?

[Stephen Moye]

If I have this in a TeX file:

%&xetex

\special{color cmyk .2 1 .5 .1}%

\nopagenumbers

$$\vbox\bgroup\tabskip1em%
\let\par=\cr%
\obeylines%
\halign{% Note no \cr
#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil&\hfil#&&\hfil**#**
Left&center&right
Left&center text&right
Left&center text&right&and one more&and yet another
}\egroup$$

\bye

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I get this in the console:


This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11b (Web2C 7.5.2)
 \write18 enabled.
 %&-line parsing enabled.
 (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
(./boxtabtry.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/
pdftex.cfg}
[1
Non-PDF special ignored!{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/
pdftex/up
dmap/pdftex.map}] ){/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/dvips/tetex/
f7b6d320.enc
}</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on boxtabtry.pdf (1 page, 8781 bytes).
Transcript written on boxtabtry.log.

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I think this was working before, and it continues to work if I use %&latex for example.

Thanks.

Stephen Moye