To summarize, I had been using some unrecognized options and was giving them within quotes, so they were not taking effect.
I am now using the following: * xelatex -interaction=batchmode -halt-on-error * **-interaction=batchmode makes TeX 'quieter', so in a batch file that plus > -halt-on-error can make sense for 'either make the PDF or abort early' > runs. > > > ( > > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/258814/what-is-the-difference-between-interaction-nonstopmode-and-halt-on-error > ) > > ** ShreeDevi ____________________________________________________________ भजन - कीर्तन - आरती @ http://bhajans.ramparivar.com On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:49 PM, ShreeDevi Kumar <shreesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> xelatex: unrecognized option '-max-print-line=2048' > > xelatex: unrecognized option '-c-style-errors' > > This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded >> format=xelatex) > > restricted \write18 enabled. > > entering extended mode > > >> > > So using the following minimises the ouput: > > xelatex -interaction=batchmode "\def\isnormal{1} > \input{./tmpmyfile.tex} " > > Using the following eliminates all output. > > xelatex "\def\istwocol{1} \input{./tmpmyfile.tex} > -max-print-line=2048 -c-style-errors -interaction=batchmode" >/dev/null > > I had tried the 'silence' package but that did not reduce the terminal > output (at least not visibly). I did not compre the log files to see > whether the messages were reduced therein. > > Thank you all for your prompt replies and help. > > ShreeDevi > ____________________________________________________________ > भजन - कीर्तन - आरती @ http://bhajans.ramparivar.com > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Bruno Le Floch <blfla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 08/01/2016 12:51 PM, Zdenek Wagner wrote: >> > Append >/dev/null in unix systems or >null in Windows, it will send >> > all terminal output to a black hole. >> > >> > Zdeněk Wagner >> > http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml >> > http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz >> > >> > >> > 2016-08-01 12:42 GMT+02:00 ShreeDevi Kumar <shreesh...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I am using commands similar to the following for processing the >> sanskrit >> >> documents using xelatex - >> >> >> >> xelatex "\def\istwocol{1} \input{./tmpmyfile.tex} >> -max-print-line=2048 >> >> -c-style-errors -interaction=batchmode" >> >> xelatex sees the options as being part of the tex to run. Putting the >> options first should fix this: >> >> xelatex -max-print-line=2048 -c-style-errors -interaction=batchmode >> "\def\istwocol{1} \input{./tmpmyfile.tex}" >> >> Bruno >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> > >
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