[XeTeX] colour \specials not working with xdvipdfmx driver?

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Mon Sep 10 04:51:59 CEST 2007


--- Paul Howson <paul-lists at tdgq.com.au> wrote:

> Another fault has arisen with xetex on linux (Red
> Hat).
> 
> These two \special commands colourise rules or type:
> 
> \special{x:rulecolor=<hex rgb value>}
> \special{x:textcolor=<hex rgb value>}
> 
> where <hex rgb value> is a 6 digit hex color value.
> 
> They work fine with xetex on the Mac.
> 
> On linux, with the xdvipdfmx driver, no errors are
> reported, but the  
> commands have no effect -- i.e. subsequent rules or
> text are not  
> coloured.
> 

They are not yet implemented.  JFYI
\special{x:shadow...}
\special{x:colorshadow...}
haven't been implemented, either.

> Thanks,
> Paul Howson

Regards,
SMiyata

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