On 2005-07-23 01:01:55 +0900, Akira Kakuto wrote:

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To summarize; under bash (linux or cygwin) environment and gcc as a builder, things are consistent, although seems to be mysterious. To be on safe side, a star should be quoted. Under windows the behaviour is environment/compiler dependent. Binaries made by M$ compiler behaves quite well; the star is not expanded anyhow by shell and is passed to TeX as is. Consequently, it CAN'T be quoted with backslash, since TeX reports `Undefined control sequence \*' then. Windows binaries made by gcc under cyg environment works like those under linux. That is the whole mystery. -etex commandline option will fix the inconsistency.

diff -Nur web2c-orig/etexdir/etex.ch web2c/etexdir/etex.ch --- web2c-orig/etexdir/etex.ch Wed Oct 13 06:29:47 2004 +++ web2c/etexdir/etex.ch Sat Jul 23 00:36:24 2005 @@ -3051,10 +3051,11 @@ is a run-time switch.

@= -@!init if (buffer[loc]="*")and(format_ident=" (INITEX)") then +@!init if ((buffer[loc]="*")or etex_extension_p)and(format_ident=" (INITEX)") then begin no_new_control_sequence:=false; @@; - incr(loc); eTeX_mode:=1; {enter extended mode} + if (buffer[loc]="*") then incr(loc); + eTeX_mode:=1; {enter extended mode} @@; end; tini@;@/ @@ -3094,6 +3095,7 @@

@= @!eTeX_mode: 0..1; {identifies compatibility and extended mode} +@!etex_extension_p : boolean;

@ @= eTeX_mode:=0; {initially we are in compatibility mode} diff -Nur web2c-orig/lib/texmfmp.c web2c/lib/texmfmp.c --- web2c-orig/lib/texmfmp.c Tue Jul 05 20:16:44 2005 +++ web2c/lib/texmfmp.c Sat Jul 23 00:51:48 2005 @@ -778,6 +778,9 @@ { "no-shell-escape", 0, &shellenabledp, -1 }, { "debug-format", 0, &debugformatfile, 1 }, { "src-specials", 2, 0, 0 }, +#if defined (eTeX) || defined (pdfeTeX) + { "etex", 0, &etexextensionp, 1 }, +#endif #endif /* TeX */ #if defined (TeX) || defined (MF) || defined (MP) { "file-line-error-style", 0, &filelineerrorstylep, 1 }, diff -Nur web2c-orig/texmfmp-help.h web2c/texmfmp-help.h --- web2c-orig/texmfmp-help.h Sun Aug 29 06:29:38 2004 +++ web2c/texmfmp-help.h Sat Jul 23 00:41:45 2005 @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ " If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input.", "", "-enc enable encTeX extensions such as \\mubyte", + "-etex enable e-TeX extensions in INITEX", "[-no]-file-line-error disable/enable file:line:error style messages", "-fmt=FMTNAME use FMTNAME instead of program name or a %& line", "-halt-on-error stop processing at the first error", @@ -408,6 +409,7 @@ " If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input.", "", "-enc enable encTeX extensions such as \\mubyte", + "-etex enable e-TeX extensions in INITEX", "[-no]-file-line-error disable/enable file:line:error style messages", "-fmt=FMTNAME use FMTNAME instead of program name or a %& line", "-halt-on-error stop processing at the first error",

Looks good to me. Olaf? Best Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de