[XeTeX] Possible psclip incompatibility in TeXLive-2013?

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Sat Aug 24 00:39:10 CEST 2013


Thanks for verifying this. I try to follow the list closely, but I do
not always have the time to immediately check such bugs, so I appreciate
when people take the time to find and verify the source of those bugs :)

Regards,
Khaled

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:28:34PM -0400, Lammert, Richard wrote:
> I updated to the version of pstricks that was released just a couple of
> days ago (v2.46)--following Herb's lead--and that solved the problem for
> me. The bug is clearly in the v2.45 version of pstricks, a bug that is
> fixed in v2.26. So, there is no bug in XeTeX that Khaled has to investigate.
> 
> This problem can be considered solved.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Lammert, Richard <richard.lammert at ctsfw.edu
> > wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for checking, Herb.
> >
> > I notice that your pstricks is 2013/08/20 v2.46, while mine is 2013/07/09
> > v2.45. I am not at the moment on the computer where I have XeTeX loaded, so
> > it will be a few hours before I can update my TeXLive installation and
> > recheck. Your findings would indicate that the problem was in pstricks and
> > fixed with the last update.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Aug 22, 2013, at 9:17 PM, "Lammert, Richard" <
> >> richard.lammert at ctsfw.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> > PS: Just after sending the message, I looked at the PDFs again. The
> >> text appears to be in the 2013 PDF, simply not visible. I can cut and paste
> >> from the PDF and see the invisible text.
> >> >
> >> > Richard
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Lammert, Richard <
> >> richard.lammert at ctsfw.edu> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > The following minimal example used to work (back through TeXLive-2009),
> >> but currently doesn't. In the current TeXLive-2013, the entire rest of the
> >> page is "swallowed" following the psclip statement:
> >> >
> >> > \documentclass{memoir}
> >> > \usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
> >> > \usepackage{pstricks}
> >> > \usepackage{lipsum}
> >> > \usepackage{wrapfig}
> >> >
> >> > \listfiles
> >> >
> >> > \begin{document}
> >> > \emph{Reading the tables}: the letter(s) on the left give(s) the
> >> \emph{first} part of the
> >> > \begin{wrapfigure}[18]{l}{0.5\textwidth}
> >> >   \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(5.5,6.8)
> >> >      \begin{psclip}
> >> >
> >>  {\psline(0,0)(0.5,0.5)(1.0,0)(1.5,0.5)(2.0,0)(2.5,0.5)(3.0,0)(3.5,0.5)(4.0,0)(4.5,0.5)(5,0)(5.5,0.5)(5.5,6.8)(0,6.8)(0,0)}%
> >> >      \end{psclip}
> >> >   \end{pspicture}
> >> > \end{wrapfigure}
> >> > \lipsum[1-5]
> >> >
> >> > \end{document}
> >> >
> >> > *** end of example
> >> >
> >> > Attached are PDFs produced by TeXLive-2012 and TeXLive-2013. The
> >> problem does not appear to be in the memoir class, since the same thing
> >> happens with "book" and "article." Commenting out the psclip environment
> >> produces the page normally. wrapfig is 2003/01/31 (v 3.6) in both cases.
> >> The problem, then, seems to me to be somewhere between xetex, fontspec, and
> >> pstricks. The versions of these files are as follows:
> >> > TeXLive-2012:
> >> >   XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012)
> >> >   fontspec.sty    2013/03/16 v2.3a
> >> >   pstricks.sty    2013/04/05 v0.54
> >> >   pstricks.tex    2013/04/05 v2.40
> >> > TeXLive-2013:
> >> >   XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-0.9999.3 (TeX Live 2013)
> >> >   fontspec.sty    2013/05/20 v2.3c
> >> >   pstricks.sty    2013/05/22 v0.57
> >> >   pstricks.tex    2013/07/09 v2.45
> >> > (Full file lists are attached if I have narrowed the field of suspects
> >> incorrectly.)
> >> >
> >> > Environment: Mac OS X 10.7.5 running on an iMac 2011.
> >> >
> >> > Any idea on what is causing the problem, and how to solve it?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> > Richard Lammert
> >>
> >> Howdy,
> >>
> >> Just tried it with a fully updated TeX Live 2013 (I am on a Mac and use
> >> TeX Live Utility) and didn't seem to have a problem. The complete file list
> >> is
> >>
> >> *File List*
> >>   memoir.cls    2013/05/30 v3.7b configurable book, report, article
> >> document cl
> >> ass
> >>    ifpdf.sty    2011/01/30 v2.3 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
> >>   ifetex.sty    2011/12/15 v1.2 ifetex
> >>  ifxetex.sty    2010/09/12 v0.6 Provides ifxetex conditional
> >> ifluatex.sty    2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
> >>     etex.sty    1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB)
> >>    mem10.clo    2008/01/30 v0.3 memoir class 10pt size option
> >> mempatch.sty    2009/07/24 v6.0f Patches for memoir class v1.6180339
> >> fontspec.sty    2013/05/20 v2.3c Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> >>    expl3.sty    2013/07/28 v4582 L3 Experimental code bundle wrapper
> >>  l3names.sty    2012/12/07 v4346 L3 Namespace for primitives
> >> l3bootstrap.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Experimental bootstrap code
> >> l3basics.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Basic definitions
> >>  l3expan.sty    2013/07/24 v4565 L3 Argument expansion
> >>     l3tl.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Token lists
> >>    l3seq.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Sequences and stacks
> >>    l3int.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Integers
> >>  l3quark.sty    2013/07/21 v4564 L3 Quarks
> >>    l3prg.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Control structures
> >>  l3clist.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Comma separated lists
> >>  l3token.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Experimental token manipulation
> >>   l3prop.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Property lists
> >>    l3msg.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Messages
> >>   l3file.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 File and I/O operations
> >>   l3skip.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Dimensions and skips
> >>   l3keys.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Experimental key-value interfaces
> >>     l3fp.sty    2013/07/09 v4521 L3 Floating points
> >>    l3box.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Experimental boxes
> >> l3coffins.sty    2012/09/09 v4212 L3 Coffin code layer
> >>  l3color.sty    2012/08/29 v4156 L3 Experimental color support
> >> l3luatex.sty    2013/07/28 v4581 L3 Experimental LuaTeX-specific functions
> >> l3candidates.sty    2013/07/24 v4576 L3 Experimental additions to l3kernel
> >>   xparse.sty    2013/07/28 v4582 L3 Experimental document command parser
> >> fontspec-patches.sty    2013/05/20 v2.3c Font selection for XeLaTeX and
> >> LuaLaTe
> >> X
> >> fixltx2e.sty    2008/08/10 v1.1mf fixes to LaTeX
> >> fontspec-xetex.sty    2013/05/20 v2.3c Font selection for XeLaTeX and
> >> LuaLaTeX
> >>  fontenc.sty
> >>   eu1enc.def    2010/05/27 v0.1h Experimental Unicode font encodings
> >>   eu1lmr.fd    2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
> >> xunicode.sty    2011/09/09 v0.981 provides access to latin accents and
> >> many oth
> >> er characters in Unicode lower plane
> >>  eu1lmss.fd    2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
> >> graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
> >>   keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
> >> graphics.sty    2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
> >>     trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
> >> graphics.cfg    2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
> >>    xetex.def    2013/04/29 v0.96 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX
> >> (RRM/JK)
> >>
> >> fontspec.cfg
> >> pstricks.sty    2013/05/22 v0.57 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
> >> pstricks.tex    2013/08/20 v2.46 `PSTricks' (tvz,hv)
> >> pst-xkey.tex    2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of xkeyval (HA)
> >>  xkeyval.sty    2012/10/14 v2.6b package option processing (HA)
> >>  xkeyval.tex    2012/10/14 v2.6b key=value parser (HA)
> >>   pst-fp.tex    2013/08/20 v2.46 `PST-fp' (hv)
> >>   xcolor.sty    2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
> >>    color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
> >>   lipsum.sty    2011/04/14 v1.2 150 paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum dummy text
> >>  wrapfig.sty    2003/01/31  v 3.6
> >>    t3cmr.fd    2001/12/31 TIPA font definitions
> >>  ***********
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I assume what I'm seeing is correct.
> >>
> >> Good Luck,
> >>
> >> Herb Schulz
> >> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Rev. Richard A. Lammert           e-mail: richard.lammert at ctsfw.edu
> Technical Services Librarian       mail: 6600 N. Clinton St.
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