[luatex] Upgraded luatex sub/super scripts

luigi scarso luigi.scarso at gmail.com
Sun Nov 27 20:32:40 CET 2022


On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 00:21, Hans Hagen <j.hagen at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 11/19/2022 11:20 PM, Orders wrote:
> > I run luatex for plain TeX using the miktex installation under linux
> > mint 21.  I upgraded the miktex installation today, and single-character
> > subscripts and superscripts cause an error.
> >
> >
> > For example, $x_1$ produces the following error
> >
> > ! \textfont-1 is undefined (character 49).
> > l.2 The incorrect variable is $x_1$
> >
> > Enclosing the sub/superscript in braces ($x_{1}$) fixes the problem.
> >
> > A minimal test program is as follows:
> >
> > \input luaotfload.sty
> > The incorrect variable is $x_1$.  The correct variable is $x_{1}$.
> > \end
> >
> > Is there any change which might cause this?  Is this a miktex problem?
> maybe you're using the experimental version, can you try
>
> \variablefam=-1 % or 99 or so
>
> if that works, you just have to wait till a pending 'default value'
> patch bubbles up
>
>
now in texlive
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r65118 | lscarso | 2022-11-27 20:31:22 +0100 (Sun, 27 Nov 2022) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog
   M /trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
   M /trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/maincontrol.c

set \variablefam = -1 as initial value (H.Hagen).
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luigi
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