Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: | Or just load dialogue before polyglossia. \-- Thanks. That worked! SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- Subscriptions,

Re: [XeTeX] Handling of combining and variant selector characters in math

2016-02-11 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/murrays/archive/2016/02/05/unicode-math-calligraphic-alphabet.aspx >> >> As explained in the article at least two possible suggestions are >> being considered: adding the new alphabet in a new code block range, >> or defining "variant selector" characters that would

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Herbert Schulz
> On Feb 10, 2016, at 11:57 PM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to use the "dialogue" package with XeTeX, and I hit the > following error: > > === BEGIN === > > ... > (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/frankenstein/dialogue.sty >

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote: | Load the polyglossia package after the dialogue package. | Sometimes the order of loading makes a difference. \-- Out of curiosity, why does this work? Shouldn't this also complain with the same error? SK

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Herbert Schulz
> On Feb 11, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > > Hi, > > --- On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Herbert Schulz > wrote: > | Load the polyglossia package after the dialogue package. > | Sometimes the order of loading makes a difference.

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> It may be that polyglossia is more careful about re-defining commands. As I said, polyglossia isn't the package that defines that command, neither is dialogue. It could be interesting to investigate in more details but I really don't have the time right now. (And last time I did that kind

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Philip Taylor
Herbert Schulz wrote: > It may be that polyglossia is more careful about re-defining commands. I don't speak LaTeX, Herb, but I would be interested to know if in addition to \newcommand, \renewcommand, etc., there is something along the lines of \defineunlessincompatible that would

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Ulrike Fischer
Am Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:33:22 + schrieb Arthur Reutenauer: >> It may be that polyglossia is more careful about re-defining commands. > > As I said, polyglossia isn't the package that defines that command, > neither is dialogue. It could be interesting to investigate in more > details but I

Re: [XeTeX] Command \providelength already defined

2016-02-11 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 06:32:36PM +0100, Ulrike Fischer wrote: > Am Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:33:22 + schrieb Arthur Reutenauer: > > >> It may be that polyglossia is more careful about re-defining commands. > > > > As I said, polyglossia isn't the package that defines that command, > > neither