[XeTeX] An example of the use of \x="[filename]"

[Stephen Moye]

I've installed xetex 0.995. Out of sheer curiosity I wanted to try using xdvipdfmx with an uninstalled font. I created a TeXShop engine:

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#!/bin/tcsh

set path= ($path /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current /usr/local/bin)
xetex -output-driver='xdvipdfmx -q -E' "$1"

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I tried a simple file:

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\font\x="[~/Desktop/Atlas/AtlasIta]" at 12pt \x

This is fun

\bye

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and I get this in the console:

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This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
entering extended mode
(./xpdmftest.tex
! Font \x="[" not loadable: installed font not found.
<to be read again> 
! Undefined control sequence.
l.1 ...="[~/Desktop/Atlas/AtlasIta]" at 12pt \test
                                                  
? 

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Nothing urgent, just curious how this works...

Thanks.


SGM