[tex-live] XeLateX / Greek problem

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Mon Jul 29 15:53:44 CEST 2013


Why do you use inputenc and fontenc packages in XeLaTeX? XeLaTeX
should get input in UTF8 and work internally in unicode, not in T1.

2013/7/29 Johann Spies <johann.spies at gmail.com>:
> When I use this the document compiles with "xelatex somedocument.tex":
>
> \usepackage[%greek,
>  german, dutch,english,afrikaans]{babel
> }
> \usepackage{fontspec} % Gebruik met xelatex
> \usepackage{xltxtra,graphicx} % Gebruik met xelatex
> \setmainfont{Nimbus Sans L}
> %\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> %\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>
> When I uncomment 'greek' in the babel-options, I get this:
>
> ERROR: LaTeX Error: File `../greek-fontenc/greek-fontenc.def' not found.
>
> When I use this combination:
>
> \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
> \usepackage[greek,
>  german, dutch,english,afrikaans]{babel}
> %\usepackage{fontspec} % Gebruik met xelatex
> %\usepackage{xltxtra,graphicx} % Gebruik met xelatex
> %\setmainfont{Nimbus Sans L}
> \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>
> I can compile the document with 'pdflatex somedocument.tex'
>
> This problem started after upgrading texlive to 2013.20130722-1 on Debian.
>
> I am not sure whether it is a Debian packaging problem or an upstream
> problem.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Johann
> --
> Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
> my lips will praise you.  (Psalm 63:3)



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