[XeTeX] New version of xetex
Khaled Hosny
khaledhosny at eglug.org
Mon Jul 28 10:09:15 CEST 2014
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:31:51PM +1000, Vafa Khalighi wrote:
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> > It should make it to TeX Live 2015 (unless there are any major issues
> > that we can not fix by then, but I hope there will not be any).
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> Thanks. The only problem that I noticed until now is that when you use
> \includegraphics in RTL, your graphics will be included twice. I have
> attached a test file (test.zip).
Thanks, fixed.
> > I suggest that the new version of bidi check the XeTeX version and only
> > load those patches if it is less that 0.99993, this way it can be safely
> > uploaded to CTAN and TeX Live even before 2015 release, allowing for
> > easier testing by just getting the new binaries (say from tlcontrib or
> > W32TeX).
> >
> >
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> That is reasonable. I will follow your suggestion. Something like this?
>
> \edef\XeTeXVersionNumber{{\expandafter\@gobble\XeTeXrevision}
> \ifnum\XeTeXVersionNumber<99992
> <old xetex code>
> \else
> <new xetex code>
> \fi
Not sure about that snippet, but I usually use the more generic:
\ifdim\number\XeTeXversion\XeTeXrevision in<0.99992in
(stolen from hyperref.sty actually:)
Regards,
Khaled
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