[tex-live] xelatex + files with non-ascii chars

[Alan Munn]

On Aug 10, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

> Am Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:10:41 +0200 schrieb Arno Trautmann:
> 
>> Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>>> Whoever thought that utf8 and unicode would make it easier to use
>>> file names with non-ascii chars should reconsider this view.
>> 
>> [1] arno at robocat> xelatex äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (TeX Live 2011)
>>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>> entering extended mode
>> (./äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
>> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
>> 
>> [1] arno at robocat> lualatex äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
>> This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011061410 (rev 4277)
>>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>> (./äöß∀ℵ∩Π∈.tex
>> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
>> 
>> Using TeX live 2011 on a 64bit Linux, everything works fine here; 2010 
>> also works.
>> Whoever thought that using windows would make anything easier should 
>> reconsider this view.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> What happens if you try to compile this 8-bit encoded document with
> pdflatex
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \begin{document}
> \input{tüte}
> \end{document}
> 
> (with and without that tüte.tex exists)
> 


On OS X:

! LaTeX Error: File `t√$\relax {\begingroup 1\endgroup \over 4}$te.tex' not fou
nd.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: tex)

(Whether tüte.tex exists or not)

Strangely, if I enter the filename in the console it changes again:

Enter file name: tüte

! LaTeX Error: File `tòte.tex' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: tex)

Enter file name: 
Process aborted

Alan

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