[XeTeX] XeTeX terminates with inscrutable diagnostic "! Emergency stop"

[Philip Taylor (RHBNC) via XeTeX]

Last few lines were as follows :

Underfull \vbox (badness 1) has occurred while \output is active
Underfull \vbox (badness 1) has occurred while \output is active [10283]
Underfull \vbox (badness 1) has occurred while \output is active [10284]
[10285] [10286] [10287] [10288] [10289] [10290] [10291] [10292] [10293]
New entity: &etaisub; [10294] [10295] [10296] [10297] [10298] [10299]
New monad:  [10300] [10301] [10302] [10303] [10304] [10305] [10306]
[10307] [10308] [10309] [10310] [10311] [10312] [10313] [10314]
New entity: &Aemac; [10315] [10316] [10317] [10318] [10319] [10320] [10321]
[10322] [10323] [10324
! Emergency stop.
 ...box \pagebox } \shipout \box \pagebox
 \global \colcount = 0 \glo...

\XML element: /qp ->\endgraf
\Endgroup {qp}
l.9423 ...ities in its past.

Transcript written on Dictionary-2-6.log.

xdvipdfmx:fatal: File ended prematurely


No output PDF file written.

D:\Dictionary>

The log file is rather more scrutable, but offers no clue as to whether this 
"7FFF limit might somehow be overcome ...


[10285] [10286] [10287] [10288] [10289] [10290] [10291] [10292] [10293]
New entity: &etaisub; [10294] [10295] [10296] [10297] [10298] [10299]
New monad:  [10300] [10301] [10302] [10303] [10304] [10305] [10306]
[10307] [10308] [10309] [10310] [10311] [10312] [10313] [10314]
New entity: &Aemac; [10315] [10316] [10317] [10318] [10319] [10320] [10321]
[10322] [10323] [10324
! Emergency stop.
 ...box \pagebox } \shipout \box \pagebox
 \global \colcount = 0 \glo...

\XML element: /qp ->\endgraf
\Endgroup {qp}
l.9423 ...ities in its past.

dvi length exceeds "7FFF

--
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Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX terminates with inscrutable diagnostic "! Emergency stop"

[David Carlisle]

the same error is in classic tex (with the same fixed value)

tex.ch has


The length of |dvi_file| should not exceed |@"7FFF|; we set |cur_s:=-2|
to prevent further \.{DVI} output causing infinite recursion.
@z

@x [32.601] l.11918 - dvi_swap: check dvi file size
begin if dvi_limit=dvi_buf_size then
@y
begin if dvi_ptr>(@"7FFF-dvi_offset) then
  begin cur_s:=-2;
  fatal_error("dvi length exceeds ""7FFF");
@.dvi length exceeds...@>
  end;
if dvi_limit=dvi_buf_size then
@z

@x [32.602] l.11932 -  empty the last bytes: check dvi file size
if dvi_ptr>0 then write_dvi(0,dvi_ptr-1)
@y
if dvi_ptr>(@"7FFF-dvi_offset) then
  begin cur_s:=-2;
  fatal_error("dvi length exceeds ""7FFF");
@.dvi length exceeds...@>
  end;
if dvi_ptr>0 then write_dvi(0,dvi_ptr-1)
@z



On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 at 19:46, Philip Taylor (RHBNC) via XeTeX 
wrote:

> Last few lines were as follows :
>
> Underfull \vbox (badness 1) has occurred while \output is active
> Underfull \vbox (badness 1) has occurred while \output is active
> [10283]
> Underfull \vbox (badness 1) has occurred while \output is active
> [10284]
> [10285] [10286] [10287] [10288] [10289] [10290] [10291] [10292] [10293]
> New entity: &etaisub; [10294] [10295] [10296] [10297] [10298] [10299]
> New monad:  [10300] [10301] [10302] [10303] [10304] [10305] [10306]
> [10307] [10308] [10309] [10310] [10311] [10312] [10313] [10314]
> New entity: &Aemac; [10315] [10316] [10317] [10318] [10319] [10320] [10321]
> [10322] [10323] [10324
> ! Emergency stop.
>  ...box \pagebox } \shipout \box \pagebox
>   \global \colcount = 0
> \glo...
>
> \XML element: /qp ->\endgraf
>  \Endgroup {qp}
> l.9423 ...ities in its past.
>
> Transcript written on Dictionary-2-6.log.
>
> xdvipdfmx:fatal: File ended prematurely
>
>
> No output PDF file written.
>
> D:\Dictionary>
>
> The log file is rather more scrutable, but offers no clue as to whether
> this "7FFF limit might somehow be overcome ...
>
>
> [10285] [10286] [10287] [10288] [10289] [10290] [10291] [10292] [10293]
> New entity: &etaisub; [10294] [10295] [10296] [10297] [10298] [10299]
> New monad:  [10300] [10301] [10302] [10303] [10304] [10305] [10306]
> [10307] [10308] [10309] [10310] [10311] [10312] [10313] [10314]
> New entity: &Aemac; [10315] [10316] [10317] [10318] [10319] [10320] [10321]
> [10322] [10323] [10324
> ! Emergency stop.
>  ...box \pagebox } \shipout \box \pagebox
>   \global \colcount = 0
> \glo...
>
> \XML element: /qp ->\endgraf
>  \Endgroup {qp}
> l.9423 ...ities in its past.
>
> dvi length exceeds "7FFF
>
> --
> *Philip Taylor*
>
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Re: [XeTeX] [EXT] Re: XeTeX terminates with inscrutable diagnostic "! Emergency stop"

[Philip Taylor (RHBNC) via XeTeX]

David Carlisle wrote:
the same error is in classic tex (with the same fixed value)

tex.ch has


The length of |dvi_file| should not exceed |@"7FFF|;
So I'm stuffed.  OK, thank you David.
--
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