On 2011-10-12, Olivier Ripoll wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using Uwe's binary (LyX 2.0.1 on Win7 64bits, Miktex 2.9), so
> perhaps it's the cause of this inconsistency.
> About the Document-> Settings-> Language, section B9 of the User's guide
> states:
> ---------------
> Default is the package babel.
> Automatic selects the most suitable language package for the view/export
> format you will use. For example for the XeTeX formats the package
> polyglossia will be used instead of babel.
> ---------------
> However, when I use Default or Automatic, generating the pdf with XeTeX
> result in failures, with an error message mentionning polyglossia(*).
> If I switch to "Always Babel", compilation works fine. So I have the
> impression that either the documentation is wrong or that LyX does not
> do as expected.
The documentation just tells this:
...
> polyglossia will be used instead of babel.
But maybe could be made more clear, like
Default: Automatic selects the most suitable language package for the
view/export format you will use.
Defaults to the package babel.
With "use non-TeX fonts" the package polyglossia will be used
instead.
> (*) It seems XeTeX and polyglossia have had issues in the past weeks,
> but may have been fixed very recently. But that's besides the point.
Yes, there is a polyglossia bug (using a package without requiring it) that
was exposed with the latest update to fontspec. It has nothing to do with
XeTeX (except that polyglossia is for use with XeTeX/LuaTeX).
Günter
