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

Arno Trautmann Arno.Trautmann at gmx.de
Wed Aug 10 16:36:25 CEST 2011


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)

Ok, after some trouble with producing a non-utf8 document, I can tell 
that this document fails with all pdf, xe and lualatex. But my error 
messages are not as fun as Alan's and Philip's:

! LaTeX Error: File `t�te.tex' not found.

Why don't I have a funny \relax {\begingroup … ? :(

cheers
Arno

p.s.: Ulrike, in the case that you got a mail from me telling something 
totally different from this mail, it was because that file was still 
utf8 encoded.


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