uwezi wrote:[…] I forgot to mention my system: MikTeX 2.9 on Windows 7 with up-to-date packages as of November 2011. Especially
- XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5
- memoir 2011/03/06 v3.6j
- fontspec 2011/09/18 v2.2a
- pdfpages 2011/03/10 v0.4n
- graphicx 1999/02/16 v1.0f ?
[…]
I'm not able to make use of that because I'm not running a Wind0ws system (see my signature). My version of the XeTeX engine on Linux is the same as yours. Here is a complete list of the used files. Packages might not be completely up to date.
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*File List*
memoir.cls 2011/03/06 v3.6j configurable book, report, article document class
ifpdf.sty 2011/01/30 v2.3 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
ifxetex.sty 2010/09/12 v0.6 Provides ifxetex conditional
ifluatex.sty 2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
etex.sty 1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB)
mem10.clo 2008/01/30 v0.3 memoir class 10pt size option
mempatch.sty 2009/07/24 v6.0f Patches for memoir class v1.6180339
fontspec.sty 2011/02/26 v2.1f Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX
expl3.sty 2011/04/09 v2222 L3 Experimental code bundle wrapper
l3names.sty 2011/01/08 v2122 L3 Experimental Naming Scheme for TeX Primitives
l3basics.sty 2011/04/23 v2246 L3 Experimental basic definitions
l3expan.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental Argument Expansion module
l3tl.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental Token Lists
l3int.sty 2011/04/11 v2229 L3 Experimental Integer module
l3quark.sty 2011/04/14 v2234 L3 Experimental Quark Commands
l3seq.sty 2011/04/21 v2245 The LaTeX3 kernel: sequences and stacks
l3toks.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental Token Registers
l3prg.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental control structures
l3clist.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental comma separated lists
l3token.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental token investigation and manipulation
l3prop.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental Property Lists
l3msg.sty 2010/10/02 v2052 L3 Experimental LaTeX Messages module
l3io.sty 2010/10/03 v2063 L3 Experimental i/o module
l3skip.sty 2011/02/15 v2149 L3 Experimental skip registers
l3box.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental Box module
l3keyval.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental keyval processing
l3keys.sty 2010/11/11 v2082 L3 Experimental key-value support
l3precom.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental precompilation module
l3xref.sty 2011/04/09 v2223 L3 Experimental cross referencing
l3file.sty 2011/04/21 v2242 The LaTeX3 kernel: file operations
l3fp.sty 2011/03/19 v2201 L3 Experimental floating-point operations
l3luatex.sty 2010/07/18 v1985 L3 Experimental LuaTeX functions
calc.sty 2007/08/22 v4.3 Infix arithmetic (KKT,FJ)
xparse.sty 2011/04/08 v2219 Generic document command parser
xkeyval.sty 2008/08/13 v2.6a package option processing (HA)
xkeyval.tex 2008/08/13 v2.6a key=value parser (HA)
fontspec-patches.sty 2011/02/26 v2.1f Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX
fixltx2e.sty 2006/09/13 v1.1m fixes to LaTeX
fontenc.sty
eu1enc.def 2010/05/27 v0.1h Experimental Unicode font encodings
eu1lmr.fd 2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
xunicode.sty 2010/11/06 v0.96 provides access to latin accents and many other characters in Unicode lower plane
fontspec.cfg
pdfpages.sty 2011/03/10 v0.4n Insert pages of external PDF documents (AM)
ifthen.sty 2001/05/26 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
eso-pic.sty 2010/10/06 v2.0c eso-pic (RN)
atbegshi.sty 2011/01/30 v1.15 At begin shipout hook (HO)
infwarerr.sty 2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
ltxcmds.sty 2011/04/18 v1.20 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
xcolor.sty 2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
xetex.def 2009/11/22 v0.94 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX (RRM/JK)
graphicx.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
graphics.sty 2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
trig.sty 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg 2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
ppxetex.def 2011/03/10 v0.4n Pdfpages driver for XeTeX (AM)
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You can obtain this list by adding the
\listfiles command as very first line to your example and searching the log file. The list is located near the end of the log.
uwezi wrote:[…] Well, I don't know what to expect from the xetex option, since I do not have an insight in all class and packages codes, but the option is provided by many packages.
...and in the old times (late 1990s) when I converted from LaTeX to pdfLaTeX it was important to give the corresponding class option, especially with regard to the inclusion of graphics(x) […]
Welcome to LaTeX in the 21st century! Nowadays those driver options like »
xetex« are not necessary any more since packages which could use them detect on their own which compiler engine is running. So it won't do harm if you drop it. I can't advise any further since the problem you described does not exist for me.