bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-05 Thread jfbu
Le 5 nov. 2015 à 10:38, Mosè Giordano a écrit : > if more complaints will come I can think about > changing the default behavior. I promise not to bribe anyone to emit "dis-like"'s on AUCTeX's facebook/twitter accounts ;-) (whatever that means, because I stay safely light-years away from these

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-05 Thread Mosè Giordano
Hi Jean-François, 2015-11-05 10:15 GMT+01:00 jfbu : > Hi Mosè > > Le 5 nov. 2015 à 00:01, Mosè Giordano a écrit : >> >> fontspec requires two engines, we can't select one of the two for the >> user. The point is that compilation will certainly fail if one loads >> particular packages, provided t

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-05 Thread jfbu
Le 5 nov. 2015 à 10:15, jfbu a écrit : > the compilation halts immediately (in my experience) > > ERROR: Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex" > > --- TeX said --- > ! > ! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function. > ! > ! You must change your typesetting engine to

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-05 Thread jfbu
Hi Mosè Le 5 nov. 2015 à 00:01, Mosè Giordano a écrit : > > fontspec requires two engines, we can't select one of the two for the > user. The point is that compilation will certainly fail if one loads > particular packages, provided that there aren't conditionals. A > prompt suggesting you the

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-04 Thread Mosè Giordano
2015-11-04 23:50 GMT+01:00 jfbu : >> Do you have other suggestions? They're welcome :-) > > > I don't at this time ... I was surprised by the prompt > for XeTeX/LuaTeX (which in my use case was wrong, but > certainly that was very specific context), and if I had > to pause to think about it, I wou

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-04 Thread jfbu
Le 04/11/2015 23:37, Mosè Giordano a écrit : close 21832 tags 21832 notabug thanks 2015-11-04 23:30 GMT+01:00 jfbu : I find it somewhat fragile to decide only on the basis of having found a \usepackage{fontspec} line that the engine should be XeTeX or LuaTeX. Do you have other suggestions?

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-04 Thread Mosè Giordano
close 21832 tags 21832 notabug thanks 2015-11-04 23:30 GMT+01:00 jfbu : > I find it somewhat fragile to decide only on the > basis of having found a \usepackage{fontspec} line > that the engine should be XeTeX or LuaTeX. Do you have other suggestions? They're welcome :-) > This raises maintena

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-04 Thread jfbu
Hi Mosè Le 4 nov. 2015 à 23:20, Mosè Giordano a écrit : > Hi Jean-François, > > 2015-11-04 22:47 GMT+01:00 jfbu : >> Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and >> what in fact did happen. >> >>

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-04 Thread Mosè Giordano
Hi Jean-François, 2015-11-04 22:47 GMT+01:00 jfbu : > Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and > what in fact did happen. > > > > Hi, > > steps to reproduce: > > create file foo.dtx > > \iffalse

bug#21832: 11.88.8; prompt for using LuaTeX/XeTeX engine

2015-11-04 Thread jfbu
Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. Hi, steps to reproduce: create file foo.dtx \iffalse % meta-comment %<*macos> \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec}