On 2010-10-04 11:57:27 +1030, "David J. Perry" <[log in to unmask]> said: > Ross and Will, > >> So the first question should be what is the version of XeTeX that MikTeX >> is providing. >> And is David actually using that, or still an earlier version, as I was on >> a Mac. >> If the primitive is not there, then the latest versions of expl3 and >> fontspec just will not work, and may not even succeed in loading >> successfully. Is that not correct? > > As the person who raised the issue, I would like to help solve it. > Unfortunately, the problem developed on my machine upstate, where I was for > the weekend. I'm now back in the city to teach tomorrow morning, and my > machine here has not had the MiKTeX update that I applied this weekend. If > no one else sends in an example, I will certainly do so when I get back > upstate on Friday. On further reflection, even confirming that the "not-updated" case compiles correctly would be helpful. (As it would indicate approximately when the error appeared.) Can you prepare the same minimal example on your current setup? Thanks, Will