Re-fix #11146 with recent LaTeX

(cherry picked from commit e75fa6f3ac)

lib/chkconfig.ltx

@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@
     #6
   \fi}
 
+% Test for the LaTeX version
+\newcommand{\TestLaTeXVersion}[1]{
+  \message{^^J\prefix checking for LaTeX version at least as of #1...}
+  \@ifl@t@r\fmtversion{#1}{\existstrue}{\existsfalse}
+  \ifexists
+    \message{yes^^J}
+    \AddVariable{#1}{yes}
+    \AddPackage{LaTeX-#1}
+  \else
+    \message{no^^J}
+    \AddVariable{#1}{no}
+  \fi}
+
+
 % Adapted from ltxcheck.tex
 \newcommand{\TestFont}[2][\default]{
   \def\default{#2}
@@ -204,6 +218,10 @@
 \message{^^J\prefix checking for LaTeX version... \fmtversion}
 \AddVariable{fmtversion}{\fmtversion}
 
+%%% Crucial versions
+% This one introduces path encoding changes
+\TestLaTeXVersion{2019/10/01}
+
 %%% And now, the list of available languages
 % The trick is to know that \the\everyjob contains something like
 %  \typeout{LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>}

src/Buffer.cpp

@@ -1911,9 +1911,14 @@ void Buffer::writeLaTeXSource(otexstream & os,
 					os << "\\catcode`\\%=11"
 					      "\\def\\%{%}\\catcode`\\%=14\n";
 				}
-				bool const detokenize = !isAscii(from_utf8(docdir))
+				bool const nonascii = !isAscii(from_utf8(docdir));
-						|| contains(docdir, '~');
+				// LaTeX 2019/10/01 handles non-ascii path without detokenize
+				bool const utfpathlatex = features.isAvailable("LaTeX-2019/10/01");
+				bool const detokenize = !utfpathlatex
+						&& (nonascii || contains(docdir, '~'));
 				bool const quote = contains(docdir, ' ');
+				if (utfpathlatex && nonascii)
+					os << "\\UseRawInputEncoding\n";
 				os << "\\makeatletter\n"
 				   << "\\def\\input@path{{";
 				if (detokenize)

status.23x

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ What's new
 
 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
 
+- Fix problems with non-ASCII characters in file path with recent LaTeX
+  (bug 11146).
+
 
 * USER INTERFACE