Re: XeLatex, fontenc and makeindex question - possible XeLatex bug?

Am Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:06:09 +0200 schrieb A. Erhardt:

>  
> Hello, MikTex helpers,
>  
> I have a strange problem using XeLatex, fontenc and makeindex
> with the font akkadian.ttf (available here:
> http://users.teilar.gr/%7Eg1951d/Akkadian.zip )
> But I do not think it matters what ttf font I am using with fontenc.
> 
> 
> I am using
> XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (MiKTeX 2.9) 
> 
> Here is the problem: 
> The index does not show Unicode symbols because the "-character gets lost,
> while the text shows them correctly.
>  
> Here is my minimum example:
> 
> %--------------------------------------
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \def\akk{\fontspec{Akkadian}\LARGE}
> \usepackage{makeidx}
> \makeindex
> 
> \begin{document}
> Here it is a simple example
> \par
> 
> blabla \\
> \index{blabla}
> {\akk blabl\symbol{"1E2B}}   \\
> \index{{\akk blabl\symbol{"1E2B}}}
> \index{{\akk blibl\protect\symbol{"1E2B}}}
> 
> \printindex
> \end{document}
> %--------------------------------------
> 
> The *.idx file looks fine, but the *.ind file has
> {\akk blabl\symbol{1E2B}}
> instead of
> {\akk blabl\symbol{"1E2B}}
> and that is why the symbol characters don't show up in the index.
> The \protect statement does not help it either.
> 
> But if I insert the " into the *.ind file by hand, I get the index correctly.
> Is that a possible bug?

This is not a miktex specific question. " is the quoting char in
makeindex, you can use it e.g. to insert one of the special chars
with "| or "@. 

Try \symbol{""1E2B}, or create your own makeindex style (.ist) and
map the quoting char to something else, or convert 1E2B to the
decimal number and use \symbol{7723}.

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/


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