[tex-live] xelatex + files with non-ascii chars

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:10:41 +0200 schrieb Arno Trautmann:

> Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>> Whoever thought that utf8 and unicode would make it easier to use
>> file names with non-ascii chars should reconsider this view.
> 
> [1] arno at robocat> xelatex äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (TeX Live 2011)
>   restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
> 
> [1] arno at robocat> lualatex äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
> This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011061410 (rev 4277)
>   restricted \write18 enabled.
> (./äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
> 
> Using TeX live 2011 on a 64bit Linux, everything works fine here; 2010 
> also works.
> Whoever thought that using windows would make anything easier should 
> reconsider this view.

;-)

What happens if you try to compile this 8-bit encoded document with
pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\input{tüte}
\end{document}

(with and without that tüte.tex exists)


-- 
Ulrike Fischer