xetex --version (return code: 0)
XeTeX 3.14159265-2.6-0.99992 (TeX Live 2015/Debian)
kpathsea version 6.2.1
Copyright 2015 SIL International, Jonathan Kew and Khaled Hosny.
There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is
covered by the terms of both the XeTeX copyright and
the Lesser GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file
named COPYING and the XeTeX source.
Primary author of XeTeX: Jonathan Kew.
Compiled with ICU version 55.1; using 55.1
Compiled with zlib version 1.2.8; using 1.2.8
Compiled with FreeType2 version 2.5.5; using 2.5.5
Compiled with Graphite2 version 1.3.6; using 1.3.6
Compiled with HarfBuzz version 1.0.1; using 1.0.1
Compiled with libpng version 1.6.17; using 1.6.17
Compiled with poppler version 0.41.0
Compiled with fontconfig version 2.11.1; using 2.11.94
xetex --help (return code: 0)
Usage: xetex [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS]
or: xetex [OPTION]... \FIRST-LINE
or: xetex [OPTION]... &FMT ARGS
Run XeTeX on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf.
Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as XeTeX input, after TEXNAME is read.
If the first line of TEXNAME is %&FMT, and FMT is an existing .fmt file,
use it. Else use `NAME.fmt', where NAME is the program invocation name,
most commonly `xetex'.
Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a backslash,
interpret all non-option arguments as a line of XeTeX input.
Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a &, the
next word is taken as the FMT to read, overriding all else. Any
remaining arguments are processed as above.
If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input.
-etex enable e-TeX extensions
[-no]-file-line-error disable/enable file:line:error style messages
-fmt=FMTNAME use FMTNAME instead of program name or a %& line
-halt-on-error stop processing at the first error
-ini be xeinitex, for dumping formats; this is implicitly
true if the program name is `xeinitex'
-interaction=STRING set interaction mode (STRING=batchmode/nonstopmode/
scrollmode/errorstopmode)
-jobname=STRING set the job name to STRING
-kpathsea-debug=NUMBER set path searching debugging flags according to
the bits of NUMBER
[-no]-mktex=FMT disable/enable mktexFMT generation (FMT=tex/tfm)
-mltex enable MLTeX extensions such as \charsubdef
-output-comment=STRING use STRING for XDV file comment instead of date
-output-directory=DIR use existing DIR as the directory to write files in
-output-driver=CMD use CMD as the XDV-to-PDF driver instead of xdvipdfmx
-no-pdf generate XDV (extended DVI) output rather than PDF
[-no]-parse-first-line disable/enable parsing of first line of input file
-papersize=STRING set PDF media size to STRING
-progname=STRING set program (and fmt) name to STRING
-recorder enable filename recorder
[-no]-shell-escape disable/enable \write18{SHELL COMMAND}
-shell-restricted enable restricted \write18
-src-specials insert source specials into the XDV file
-src-specials=WHERE insert source specials in certain places of
the XDV file. WHERE is a comma-separated value
list: cr display hbox math par parend vbox
-synctex=NUMBER generate SyncTeX data for previewers if nonzero
-translate-file=TCXNAME (ignored)
-8bit make all characters printable, don't use ^^X sequences
-help display this help and exit
-version output version information and exit
Email bug reports to xetex@tug.org.