Bug#481060: texlive-xetex: xetex version too old for asana math
Package: texlive-xetex
Version: 2007.dfsg.1-3
Severity: normal
The Unicode math font "Asana Math" is now available as Debian package
ttf-oflb-asana-math. However, using it with XeTeX is not possible with the
xetex version that comes with texlive-xetex.
1. Asana Math is supported by the (experimental) package unicode-math
currently not included in texlive-xetex.
2. with a locally installed unicode-math, compiling the example file below
with xelatex results in::
! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.1 \global \let \exclam =^^^
^^00021
l.1 ... }{\mathpunct}{exclamation mark}
...
(That makes 100 errors; please try again.)
Upgrading xetex (and including unicode-math) should solve the problem:
* Asana Math documentation says the font works with xetex since version 997,
but the version in Debian/sid is (XeTeX 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch2).
(http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=asana-math)
* A posting reporting the abovementioned errors
(http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.text.tex/2008-04/msg01497.html)
concludes:
I have now build the current xelatex svn trunk, with which unicode-math
works.
minimal input file
##################
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[cm-default]{fontspec}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
%\setmathfont[]{Asana Math}
\begin{document}
Unicode-math is an experimental package using the OpenType math table for
math typesetting with unicode fonts.
\end{document}
##################################
other files
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages texlive-xetex depends on:
ii dvipdfmx 1:20071115-1 A DVI to PDF translator with CJK s
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.5.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.5-1+b1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libkpathsea4 2007.dfsg.1-2 TeX Live: path search library for
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-3 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler2 0.6.4-1 PDF rendering library
ii texlive-base 2007-14 TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii texlive-common 2007-14 TeX Live: Base component
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages texlive-xetex recommends:
ii texlive-latex-base 2007-14 TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.20 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 3.006 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-xetex is related to:
pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
ii tetex-bin 2007-14 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available)
ii tex-common 1.11 common infrastructure for building
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