[XeTeX] handling malformed UTF-8 input

[Ross Moore]

Hi Will,

On 22/02/2008, at 2:47 PM, Will Robertson wrote:

> On 22/02/2008, at 1:54 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
>
>>> I can see some attraction to making this an error rather than a
>>> warning, but have not done this for the time being. Maybe at some
>>> point, however.
>>
>> If it becomes an error, then it will be extremely difficult
>> to use XeTeX in automated processes of the kind that I have
>> tried to describe above. That would be a very great pity.
>
> I haven't set up this kind of system myself before, but wouldn't  
> you run with \nonstopmode for automated processes like this? I do  
> agree with your reasoning, however.

That's not the point.

If there was to be malformed data in the name field,
this should *not* cause correctly formed UTF8 data in the
subsequent address field to be displayed in a "bytes" mode.

>
> Will

Cheers,

	Ross

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