[EXT] Re: [texworks] Bug in SyncTeX

[Philip Taylor (RHBNC)]

Stefan Löffler wrote:
On 04.07.24 12:09, Philip Taylor (RHBNC) via texworks wrote:
If SyncTeX (called from XeTeX via TeXworks) is asked to handle a file with a U+2019 : RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK {single comma quotation mark} in its name rather than an apostrophe, it reports the following:

This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=xetex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./Men’s Indoor Honours update (ruled).tex (./Men’s indoor honours.dat)
[1] )
Output written on Men’s Indoor Honours update (ruled).pdf (1 page).
SyncTeX written on Men�s Indoor Honours update (ruled).synctex.gz.

Transcript written on Men’s Indoor Honours update (ruled).log.


In a quick try, I couldn't reproduce this with TeXworks 0.7r.0bc809bf on Ubuntu Linux 24.04. But IIRC, you use Windows?
Could you
*) provide info on which version of Windows/TeXworks you use and with which locale/language settings
*) provide the .log file as attachment
*) try running XeTeX from the command line - if the problem is gone then we can focus on TeXworks, if it persists we can rule out TeXworks.

Windows: Version 7 (Enterprise), 64-bit.
TeXworks :TeXworks version : 0.7 ("github") [r.4f75a97, 15/02/2024 05:57]
Install location : C:/TeX/Works/TeXworks.exe
Library path : C:/Users/Philip.Taylor/AppData/Roaming/TUG/TeXworks/
pdfTeX location : C:/TeX/Live/2024/bin/windows/pdftex.exe
Operating system : Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 64-bit
Qt version : 5.15.12 (build) / 5.15.12 (runtime)
Language/locale: British English, active code page 850.

Log file:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=xetex 2024.3.31)  6 JUL 2024 06:32
entering extended mode
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 %&-line parsing enabled.
**"Men’s Indoor Honours update (ruled).tex"
(./Men’s Indoor Honours update (ruled).tex
\body=\dimen16
\mainsize=\dimen17
\smaller=\dimen18
\cellheight=\dimen19
 (./Men’s indoor honours.dat)
[1] )
Output written on Men’s Indoor Honours update (ruled).pdf (1 page).

>From command line :

D:\Philip Taylor\Dropbox (Personal)\Print-2-media>XeTeX -synctex=1 "Men's Indoor Honours update (ruled).tex"
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999996 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=xetex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./Men's Indoor Honours update (ruled).tex (./Men's indoor honours.dat)
[1] )
Output written on Men's Indoor Honours update (ruled).pdf (1 page).
SyncTeX written on MenÆs Indoor Honours update (ruled).synctex.gz.

Transcript written on Men's Indoor Honours update (ruled).log.

D:\Philip Taylor\Dropbox (Personal)\Print-2-media>

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