MiKTeX 2.7: Release Notes

Christian Schenk

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Table of Contents

System requirements
Breaking changes
Memory settings
XeTeX
pdfTeX
MetaPost
Yap

System requirements

MiKTeX 2.7 requires one of the following Windows platforms:

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows Server 2003

  • Windows XP

  • Windows 2000

Breaking changes

MiKTeX 2.7 does not work on legacy Windows platforms (Windows 9x/Me/NT).

The following command-line options have been removed in MiKTeX 2.7:

  • -mem-bot=n

  • -mem-max=n

  • -mem-min=n

  • -mem-top=n

  • -terminal=oem

Memory settings

New command-line parameters have been introduced to control the sizes of internal arrays:

--extra-mem-bot=n

Set the extra size (in memory words) for large data structures like boxes, glue, breakpoints, et al. Relevant only after the memory dump file has been read.

--extra-mem-top=n

Set the extra size (in memory words) for chars, tokens, et al. Relevant only after the memory dump file has been read.

--main-memory=n

Change the total size (in memory words) of the main memory array. Relevant only while creating memory dump files.

XeTeX

XeTeX version 0.997 has been integrated into the MiKTeX distribution. If you are looking for a Unicode-based TeX engine, or if want immediate access to your Windows fonts, then you should give XeTeX a try.

Here is a sample (arialtest.tex) which uses Arial as the main font:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}
\begin{document}
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
\textbf{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}
\emph{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}
\end{document}

You run xelatex on this sample to produce a PDF file:

> xelatex arialtest.tex

pdfTeX

pdfTeX is now at upstream version 1.40.4.

MetaPost

MetaPost is now at upstream version 1.001.

Yap

Feature request #1581199

The render method is now deduced from the DVI file: Pk is used, if the DVI file contains no PostScript instructions. Otherwise, Dvips is used.

Feature request #1186638

Yap now detects changes to the DVI file and immediately shows the new version.