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I am using TexMaker 4.0 on a Windows 7 (64bit) machine, with MiKTeX v2.9, and I am trying to compile this template (with no modifications) with XeLaTeX using the instructions contained in the first answer here.

It hangs when I attempt to run the custom user command xelatex % (% is the name of the current file). The last few lines of the log file before it hangs are the following:

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. LaTeX info: "xparse/define-command"
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. Defining document command \newfontfeature with arg. spec. 'mm' on line 118.
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Running xelatex file in the console yields the following output:

* Redefining document command \oldstylenums with arg. spec. 'm' on line 107.
*************************************************
) ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\fontspec\fontspec-xetex.sty"
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\fontenc.sty"
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\euenc\eu1enc.def")
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\euenc\eu1lmr.fd"))
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\xelatex\xunicode\xunicode.sty"
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\tipa\t3enc.def"
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\euenc\eu1lmss.fd"))
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\graphics\graphicx.sty"
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\graphics\graphics.sty"
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\graphics\trig.sty")
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\00miktex\graphics.cfg"))))
("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\fontspec\fontspec.cfg"
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \c_keys_code_root_tl
                                fontspec/Ligatures/Historical
l.8 ...tureoption{Ligatures}{Historic}{Historical}

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  • It probably doesn't hang but is looking for a font (e.g. Hoefler Text normally doesn't exist on windows). Be patient and wait for the error message. – Ulrike Fischer Apr 19 '13 at 07:43
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    Welcome to TeX.SX. – Claudio Fiandrino Apr 19 '13 at 07:44
  • I have left it running for over half an hour and still it does not appear to be doing anything - no new lines have been added to the log. I am pretty confident it is in some sort of loop, or encountered a barrier it cannot get past. – Dr.Seuss Apr 19 '13 at 08:11
  • Can you tell what TeX distribution you're running? Try updating it to the most recent version of all packages. – egreg Apr 19 '13 at 08:25
  • Installing the fonts 'Hoefler', 'Andale' and 'Zapfino' (already had 'Gill Sans') has not affected the line the log stops on. – Dr.Seuss Apr 19 '13 at 09:05
  • Found alternative implementation of the same template that does not require XeLaTeX to compile. – Dr.Seuss Apr 19 '13 at 16:07
  • The error message about \c_keys_code_root_tl indicates that your fontspec version is outdated. Run the update manager (in admin mode if you have a multi user installation as your fontspec resides in the main root). – Ulrike Fischer Apr 20 '13 at 08:48

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The error message about \c_keys_code_root_tl indicates that your fontspec version is outdated. Run the update manager (in admin mode if you have a multi user installation as your fontspec resides in the main root).

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