XETEX(1) General Commands Manual XETEX(1)
NAME
xetex - extended TeX with native support for Unicode, OpenType, system
fonts
SYNOPSIS
xetex [options] [&format] [file|\commands]
DESCRIPTION
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>.
OPTIONS
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 addi-
tions/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.
SEE ALSO
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>
AUTHORS
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.
Web2C 2025/dev 10 July 2018 XETEX(1)
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