[XeTeX] xelatex math problem with sqrt

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Thu, 29 May 2008 14:34:48 +0100 schrieb Jonathan Kew:


>> I tried
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>> $\sqrt{x^1_2}$
>> \end{document}
>>
>> an Xelatex on miktex crash (also with option --no-pdf). It seems that
>> the three commands \sqrt, ^ and _ are needed for the crash. I will  
>> make
>> a bug report on the miktex site.
>>
>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.998.3 (MiKTeX 2.7).
> 
> That's odd, as Lars Davies just reported that it works correctly for  
> him.

Yes and Christian couldn't reproduce it too ;-(. 
 
> You might like to recreate the xelatex.fmt file, in case there's  
> something odd or out-of-date about that.

That didn't help. But it looks as if it is related to the fonts. The
document doesn't crash if I load e.g. fourier. I will try to reinstall
them. 

-- 
Ulrike Fischer