>> $ echo x | xelatex \\showthe\\everyjob >> >> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2016)
I cannot reproduce this error: $ echo x | xelatex \\showthe\\everyjob This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2017/dev) (preloaded format=xelatex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode LaTeX2e <2015/01/01> Babel <3.9l> and hyphenation patterns for 79 languages loaded. > \typeout {\fmtname \space <\fmtversion >}\typeout {Babel <3.9l> and > hyphenation patterns for 79 languages loaded.}. <*> \showthe\everyjob ? No pages of output. I am still using an old LaTeX.... A.S. ---------------------- Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex