xetex - Man Page

• Compile a PDF document: xetex source.tex
• Compile a PDF document, specifying an output directory: xetex -output-directory=path/to/directory source.tex
• Compile a PDF document, exiting if errors occur: xetex -halt-on-error source.tex

tldr.sh

xetex [options] [&format] [file|\commands]

XeTeX (xetex) is a TeX engine with native support for Unicode, OpenType, and system-installed fonts, using third-party libraries (such as ICU, HarfBuzz, and Freetype). It was developed by Jonathan Kew for SIL.

XeTeX includes the e-TeX extensions and many extensions from pdfTeX, sometimes with different primitive names.

XeTeX is now released as part of TeX Live <https://tug.org/texlive>.

XeTeX's handling of its command-line arguments is similar to that of the other TeX programs in the Web2C implementation. Here we list only additions/deletions of command line options which are specific to XeTeX; see etex(1) for common options. Additions:

-no-pdf

Generate XeTeX's extended DVI (.xdv) output instead of pdf.

-output-driver cmd

Run cmd instead of xdvipdfmx to translate xdv to pdf.

-papersize string

Set pdf media size to string.

Removals: -draftmode, -enc, -ipc, -ipc-start, -translate-file.

tex(1), etex(1), latex(1).
Home page: <https://tug.org/xetex>
CTAN page: <https://ctan.org/pkg/xetex>
Reference manual: <https://ctan.org/pkg/xetexref>

XeTeX is maintained by Jonathan Kew and others.
Public discussion list: <http://lists.tug.org/xetex>
Bug reports: <http://sourceforge.net/p/xetex/bugs/>

This manual page was written by Karl Berry. It is released to the public domain.

dvipdfmx(1), latex(1).