The tracking feature in microtype 2.5 beta-04 is supposed to work
with LuaTeX 0.62 and above (see microtype manual p. 16). But it
doesn't (see below). Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug?
\listfiles
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[tracking]{microtype}
\begin{document}
Test.
\end{document}
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.65.0-2010121316
restricted \write18 enabled.
(./test.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
LuaTeX adaptation of babel <v3.8l-luatex-1.4> and hyphenation
patterns for engl
ish, dumylang, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/Users/till/Dropbox/texmf/tex/latex/microtype/microtype.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/Users/till/Dropbox/texmf/tex/latex/microtype/microtype-luatex.def)
(/Users/till/Dropbox/texmf/tex/latex/microtype/microtype.cfg))
No file test.aux.
! Package microtype Error: The tracking feature only works with
pdftex 1.40
(microtype) or newer. Switching it off.
See the microtype package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.4 \begin{document}
?
(/Users/till/Dropbox/texmf/tex/latex/microtype/mt-cmr.cfg) [1{/Users/
till/Libra
ry/texlive/2010/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./
test.aux)
*File List*
article.cls 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
microtype.sty 2010/11/11 v2.5 <beta-04> Micro-typographical
refinements (RS)
keyval.sty 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
microtype-luatex.def
microtype.cfg 2010/11/11 v2.5 <beta-04> microtype main
configuration file (R
S)
mt-cmr.cfg 2009/11/09 v2.0 microtype config. file: Computer
Modern Roman (
RS)
***********
)
260 words of node memory still in use:
2 hlist, 1 vlist, 1 rule, 2 glue, 39 glue_spec, 1 write nodes
avail lists: 1:1,2:15,3:2,4:23,5:1,6:13,7:1,9:6
</usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/
cmr10.pfb>
Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 10967 bytes).
Transcript written on test.log.
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Dr. Till A. Heilmann
Research Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL
Institute for Media Studies
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CH-4056 Basel
Tel. +41 (0)61 267 09 86
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