[XeTeX] \beginL and colour

[Jonathan Kew]

On 12 Nov 2004, at 7:38 pm, Adam Lindsay wrote:

> Hi Jonathan, all.
>
> I ran into what I think is a bug. It's an interaction between colour 
> and
> the \beginL \endL mechanism. I reduced it to this:
>
> \TeXXeTstate=1
> \def\babble{Wa dfonbds kmkn doni don cspdsc mpw mcpi kljndf l dlkn 
> dmnde
> knds, fdwih kdfj dowk. Ifskn nods ods  cskc vif kldn conc lc -- mioefj 
> dinj
> dfnwo dnnks kw mxzlkw mdow. }
> \babble \par
> \beginR
> \babble
> \special{x:textcolor=FF0000}
> hello there world
> \special{x:textcolor=000000}
> \babble
> \endR \par
> \babble
> \end
>
>
> Is this a bug, or a complete lack of understanding on my part of the 
> model?

Looks like a bug to me. I wonder why it does that........

JK