[XeTeX] XeTeX and xcolor package

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:49:02 +0200 schrieb Peter Dyballa:

> Hello!
> 
> Yesterday I thought XeTeX or xdvipdfmx would have a problem with the  
> xcolor package, which turned out to be some silliness of me:
> 
> 	\documentclass{article}
> 	\usepackage{ifpdf,ifxetex,graphicx}
> 	\ifxetex
> 	    \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{xcolor}
> 	    \usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
> 	%    \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
> 	%    \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> 	    \setmainfont{Times-Roman}
> 	\else
> 	  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> 	  \ifpdf
> 	    \usepackage{cmap}
> 	    \usepackage[pdftex]{xcolor}
> 	    \usepackage{times}
> 	  \else
> 	    \usepackage{times}
> 	  \fi
> 	  \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> 	  \usepackage[full]{textcomp}
> 	\fi
> 	...
> 
> The reason for my observation, or assumption, is that the graphicx  
> package is loaded with the xetex (or pdftex) option (depending on the  
> "engine" I use). Then some clash happens because xcolor is loaded  
> with the dvipdfmx (or dvipdfm) option, that the emitted low-level  
> code is inappropriate.
> 
> Is this correct and expected behaviour?

\usepackage{xcolor} works fine for me and use the xetex driver 

C:\Programme\MiKTeX2.7\tex\xelatex\xetex-def\xetex.def
File: xetex.def 2006/08/10 v0.92 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX
(RRM, mo
d. JK)
)


-- 
Ulrike Fischer