[XeTeX] Odd XeTeX behaviior...

[Jonathan Kew]

Yes, it's a bug--not unique to a "reflect"-type operation, actually. 
Thanks for the report; it doesn't occur with AAT fonts, so it might 
have been a very long time before I'd have run into it!

The next release of XeTeX will fix this; it will also include a 
workaround for the Quartz bug that has led to people seeing "scrambled" 
fonts on pages following certain PDF inclusions.

JK

On 22 Aug 2004, at 12:23 pm, Stephen Moye wrote:

> The following file outputs almost nothing if the line indicated is 
> commented out. Curious -- is this a bug?
>
> %%%%%%%%%%
>
> \def\reflect#1{{\setbox0=\hbox{#1}\rlap{\kern0.5\wd0
>   \special{x:gsave}\special{x:scale -1 1}}\box0 \special{x:grestore}}}
>
> Some tests %% Comment this entire line and there is no output except 
> for one R!
>
> \noindent\setbox1=\hbox{\reflect{R}IP First}\box1
>
> \noindent\reflect{R}IP
>
> \leavevmode\hbox{\reflect{R}IP Second}
>
> Some tests
>
> \bye
>
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