Re: [XeTeX] Primitive parity, \expanded and \Ucharcat

2018-05-13 Thread Joseph Wright
On 03/05/2018 22:38, Joseph Wright wrote: Hello all, In adding features to expl3, the LaTeX team have been making use of a variety of 'new' (post-e-TeX) 'utility' primitives in various engines. Almost always these originate in pdfTeX and have migrated to other engines, but are not in any way

Re: [XeTeX] Primitive parity, \expanded and \Ucharcat

2018-05-04 Thread Joseph Wright
On 03/05/2018 22:38, Joseph Wright wrote: - 'pdfutils': (u)pTeX has picked up a number of pdfTeX primitives, and   a subset have made their way into XeTeX too. However, XeTeX is still   missing several, most notably an expandable RNG. We are part-way   though working out patches to add the res

[XeTeX] Primitive parity, \expanded and \Ucharcat

2018-05-03 Thread Joseph Wright
Hello all, In adding features to expl3, the LaTeX team have been making use of a variety of 'new' (post-e-TeX) 'utility' primitives in various engines. Almost always these originate in pdfTeX and have migrated to other engines, but are not in any way tied to PDF output, etc. Depending on the