[XeTeX] spaces in filenames

[William Adams]

On Aug 10, 2006, at 6:04 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> I have just re-written the filename quoting code, and I think it
> works better now (and is more compatible with pdftex etc). If you
> check out and build the latest pre-0.995 code (rev 324 in
> Subversion), you should be able to handle names with spaces, without
> the .aux file problems (etc) that you've seen.

Wonderful! svn update xetex done, and ./build-xetex compiling now ;)

> For your particular usage, there's one "gotcha" to watch out for: if
> the filename includes spaces, \jobname will return a quoted string.
> But fontspec's \setFOOfont{} macros want the name without quotes. So
> you'll need to strip quote marks from the \jobname string before
> using it in this context. Something like this should work, I think:
>
>    \makeatletter
>    \def\unquote at Jobname#1"#2"#3\end{\def\Jobname{#1}%
>      \ifx\Jobname\empty\def\Jobname{#2}\fi}
>    \expandafter\unquote at Jobname\jobname""\end
>    \makeatother
>
>    \setromanfont{\Jobname} % \Jobname is \jobname with quotes (if
> any) stripped

I will try it out. Thanks!

> Strictly speaking, this is not always adequate: if the filename
> *includes* a double-quote character, then \jobname will return a
> single-quoted string instead; and there are even more complex/messy
> possibilities, if the name includes both types of quote marks. But
> for practical purposes, this will probably serve.
>
> Ever considered how to handle a file named <Joyce's "Ulysses".tex>?!
> XeTeX can now do it:
>
>    $ xetex Joyce\'s\ \"Ulysses\".tex
>    This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>    entering extended mode
>    (./Joyce's "Ulysses".tex [1] )
>    Output written on Joyce's "Ulysses".pdf (1 page).
>    Transcript written on Joyce's "Ulysses".log.
>
> pdfTeX can't handle this case:
>
>    $ pdftex Joyce\'s\ \"Ulysses\".tex
>    This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>    entering extended mode
>    ! I can't find file `"Joyce's Ulysses.tex"'.
>    <*> "Joyce's Ulysses.tex"
>
>    Please type another input file name: ^D
>    ! Emergency stop.
>
> (Running in a directory where the file *does* exist, of course.)

Above and beyond the call! _That_ is just too cool (and my wife who's  
got a master's in British literature will get a kick out of it too  
probably).

Thanks!

William

-- 
William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications



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