[XeTeX] \typeout command not recognized ?

[Damlamian, Alain]

Hello,

While trying out some typesetting with XeTeX, I came to this error:

>This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3)
>entering extended mode
>(./Lecture Erevan2_Oct. 2004 copy.tex
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/plain/graphics/graphicx.tex
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/plain/graphics/miniltx.tex)
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/xelatex/graphics/graphics.cfg)
>(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/xelatex/graphics/xetex.def
>! Undefined control sequence.
>l.527 \typeout
>               {...supports rotation and scaling}%
>?
>Process aborted


Why is it that my XeTeX does not recognize the \typeout command.

This is the corresponding part of xetex.def where it appears.

>%
>% Rotation & Scaling
>%  supported from v0.6 onwards
>%
>\let\Grot at start\relax
>\let\Grot at end\relax
>\let\Gscale at start\relax
>\let\Gscale at end\relax
>
>\typeout{...supports rotation and scaling}%
>\def\Grot at start{\wd\z@\z@
>   \special{x:gsave}\special{x:rotate \Grot at angle}}
>\def\Grot at end{\special{x:grestore}}
>
>\def\Gscale at start{%
>   \special{x:gsave}\special{x:scale \Gscale at x\space\Gscale at y}}
>\let\Gscale at end\Grot at end
>%
>
>\endinput
>%%
>%% End of file `xetex.def'.

Should the corresponding line be commented? Or is my XeTeX 
implementation defective?

Thanks for any help,

Alain

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