Re: [XeTeX] Proposal : that TeX engines generating PDF directly should be able to close the output file without terminating.

[Philip Taylor]

Zdenek Wagner wrote: I have never tried but could not you use \write18 to run XeTeX from XeTeX? I am not sure whether it is supported. It would seem that adding the command-line qualifier "--shell-escape" is required in order that \write 18 be permitted, but then we run into the problem that (with the benefit of hindsight) we should have foreseen at the outset :  the PDF file is incomplete at this point — XeTeX --shell-escape "Hoi-An TA menu (separate pages).tex" This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded  format=xetex)  \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./Hoi-An TA menu (separate pages).tex (./Hoi-An TA menu.xlsx.tex omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore vegan omnivore vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan vegan vegan [1] omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan omnivore [2]) [3] [4] [5] [6]This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265 -2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded format=xetex)  restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./Hoi-An TA menu (combine pages).texSyntax Error: Couldn't find trailer diction ary Syntax Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary Syntax Error: Couldn't read xref table ! Unable to load picture or PDF file '"Hoi-An TA menu (separate pages).pdf"'. <to be read again>                    } l.28 ... - 0,666 \rulewidth \relax height \vsize }                                                   \relax ? Philip Taylor