[XeTeX] How do I build xdvipdfmx (or xdv2pdf) on Windows?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 7, 2008, at 6:00 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> On 7 Mar 2008, at 11:48 am, Sven Siegmund wrote:
>
>>> This feature requires an update to the xdvipdfmx (or xdv2pdf)
>>> driver.
>>> As building xdvipdfmx "standalone" has always been a bit of a pain,
>>> I've put a copy of the sources into the xetex repository, and the
>>> build-xetex script there will now build the driver as well as xetex
>>> itself.
>>
>> I have found the xdvipdfmx in the repository
>> (http://scripts.sil.org/svn-public/xetex/TRUNK/texk/xdvipdfmx/) but I
>> don't see there the build-xetex script.
>
> The build-xetex script is at the top level (of TRUNK), and builds
> both xetex and xdvipdfmx. (xdv2pdf can't run on Windows, it's a Mac-
> only driver.)
>
> However, that's a Unix shell script....
>
>


Howdy,

Will the install-xetex script now also install xdvipdfmx? That would  
be wonderful :-)!

I assume that would make it a two step process to install the latest  
version.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)