[XeTeX] xelatex specific tabular bug

Ross Moore ross at ics.mq.edu.au
Fri Nov 17 22:33:55 CET 2006


Hello Christian,

On 17/11/2006, at 7:50 PM, Christian wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I found a bug in XeTeX 0.995. as far as i can tell.
> I made a bare test-case, see below.

This is very weird. I confirm that there are problems here.

> Only if run through xeLatex i get at the first two cells of the
> \tabular or \array
> rectangular boxes instead of the numbers that should be there.

I don't get the boxes; just the 1st cell is missing,
as is the 1st digit in the 2nd cell (so I see 50 instead of 350).

> If you comment out the last cell of the tabular, In the test-case
> below, the problem
> disappears. So it seems to relate to the number of cells??

Adding more cells doesn't help.

>
> test-case (saved in unicode UTF-8):
> ---------
>
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{tabular}{ccccccccccccccccccccccccc}
> 103 & 350 & 567 & 164 & 381 & 291 & 513 & 235 & 452 & 74 & 584 & 176 &
> 423 & 20 & 362 & 147 & 494 & 86 & 308 & 530 & 440 & 32 & 254 & 621 &
> 218\\
>   167 & 389 & 106 & 328 & 575 & 460 & 52 & 299 & 516 & 238 & 23 &  
> 370 &
> 587 & 184 & 401 & 311 & 533 & 130 & 497 & 94 & 604 & 221 & 443 & 40 &
> 257\\
>   331 & 553 & 175 & 392 & 114 & 524 & 241 & 463 & 60 & 277 & 187 &  
> 409 &
> 1 & 373 & 595 & 480 & 97 & 319 & 536 & 133 & 43 & 265 & 607 & 204 &
> 446\\
>   400 & 117 & 339 & 556 & 153 & 63 & 285 & 502 & 249 & 466 & 351 &  
> 598 &
> 195 & 412 & 9 & 544 & 136 & 483 & 80 & 322 & 207 & 429 & 46 & 268 &
> 615\\
>   564 & 156 & 378 & 125 & 342 & 227 & 474 & 66 & 288 & 510 & 420 &  
> 12  &
> 359 & 576 & 198 & 83 & 305 & 547 & 144 & 486 & 271 & 618 & 215 & 432 &
> 29\\
>   134 & 476 & 98 & 320 & 537 & 447 & 44 & 261 & 608 & 205 & 115 &  
> 332 &
> 554 & 171 & 393 & 278 & 525 & 242 & 464 & 56 & 591 & 188 & 410 & 2 &
> 374 \\
>   323 & 545 & 137 & 484 & 76 & 611 & 208 & 430 & 47 & 269 & 154 &  
> 396 &
> 118 & 340 & 557 & 467 & 64 & 281 & 503 & 250 & 10 & 352 & 599 & 191 &
> 413\\
>   487 & 84 & 301 & 548 & 145 & 30 & 272 & 619 & 211 & 433 & 343 &  
> 565 &
> 157 & 379 & 121 & 506 & 228 & 475 & 67 & 289 & 199 & 416 & 13 & 360 &
> 577\\
>   526 & 148 & 495 & 87 & 309 & 219 & 436 & 33 & 255 & 622 & 382 &  
> 104 &
> 346 & 568 & 165 & 75 & 292 & 514 & 231 & 453 & 363 & 585 & 177 & 424 &
> 16\\
>   95 & 312 & 534 & 126 & 498 & 258 & 605 & 222 & 444 & 36 & 571 &  
> 168 &
> 390 & 107 & 329 & 239 & 456 & 53 & 300 & 517 & 402 & 24 & 366 & 588 &
> 185\\
>   290 & 507 & 229 & 471 & 68 & 578 & 200 & 417 & 14 & 356 & 141 &  
> 488 &
> 85 & 302 & 549 & 434 & 26 & 273 & 620 & 212 & 122 & 344 & 561 & 158 &
> 380\\
>   454 & 71 & 293 & 515 & 232 & 17 & 364 & 581 & 178 & 425 & 310 &  
> 527 &
> 149 & 491 & 88 & 623 & 220 & 437 & 34 & 251 & 161 & 383 & 105 & 347 &
> 569\\
>   518 & 240 & 457 & 54 & 296 & 181 & 403 & 25 & 367 & 589 & 499 & 91 &
> 313 & 535 & 127 & 37 & 259 & 601 & 223 & 445 & 330 & 572 & 169 & 386 &
> 108\\
>   57 & 279 & 521 & 243 & 465 & 375 & 592 & 189 & 406 & 3 & 538 & 135 &
> 477 & 99 & 316 & 201 & 448 & 45 & 262 & 609 & 394 & 111 & 333 & 555 &
> 172\\
>   246 & 468 & 65 & 282 & 504 & 414 & 6 & 353 & 600 & 192 & 77 & 324  
> & 541
> \end{tabular}
>
>   \end{document}
>
> --------
>
> Good luck fixing!
>
> best regards, Chris


Cheers,

	Ross

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