[XeTeX] error: can't allocate region with xelatex

[Philip Taylor]

On 01/02/2017 18:10, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:

> You mean something like this:

> $ 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
> ! I can't find file `showtheeveryjob'.

I would imagine that something in your command-line interpreter
is silently absorbing naked back-slashes ...