[pstricks] PSTricks Digest, Vol 201, Issue 5

Tue Nov 26 09:30:48 CET 2019

Hello Herbert,

I search on internet. I find

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3124273/compile-xelatex-tex-file-with-latexmk/50526932#50526932

In version: 4.65 (18 June 2019), there is a difference between using the  
-xelatex option and setting -pdflatex as suggested by one of the comments.
Option 1: -xelatex
$ latexmk -xelatex file.tex

With the -xelatex option, or the -pdfxe option, the tex file is first  
typeset to an xdv (extended DVI) file. Then, xdvipdfmx is called to  
convert the xdv file to a pdf file.

In latexmk, $xelatex_default_switches is set to -no-pdf (line 395) to have  
xelatex produce an xdv file instead of the default PDF file.

Hence the -xelatex option is equivalent to:
$ xelatex -no-pdf file.tex  # called one or more times to produce file.xdv
$ xdvipdfmx file.xdv        # called only once in the end
Option 2: -pdflatex=xelatex

A second option is to set pdflatex as follows along with turning on the  
-pdf option:
# %O is a substitution for options and %S is for source file
$ latexmk -pdflatex='xelatex %O %S' -pdf file.tex

In this approach, xelatex is used to generate the PDF file directly,  
without generating an intermediate output file. Note that, today, xelatex  
first generates an xdv stream and internally pipes it to xdvipdfmx to  
produce a PDF file.

Hence this approach is equivalent to:
$ xelatex file.tex     # called one or more times to produce file.pdf

Updated 2019.08.31 from user36296's comment.

In the second option the intermediate file will be generated internally  
and converted to pdf on every run. Therefore this option is slightly  
slower than the first option where the conversion to pdf is only done once  
in the end
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I see the documentation of latexmk :

-xelatex
Use xelatex. That is, use xelatex to process the source ﬁle(s) to pdf. The  
generation of dvi and
postscript ﬁles is turned off.
This option is equivalent to using the following set of options
-pdfxe -dvi- -ps-
[Note: Note that the method of implementation of this option, but not its  
intended primary effect,
differ from some earlier versions of latexmk. Latexmk ﬁrst uses xelatex to  
make an .xdv ﬁle, and
does all the extra runs needed (including those of bibtex, etc). Only  
after that does it make the pdf
ﬁle from the .xdv ﬁle, using xdvipdfmx. This procedure can result in  
considerable savings in run
time, since the xdv-to-pdf conversion is quite time-consuming when large  
graphics ﬁles are used
in the document.]

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I run my file with TinyTex :

In console de sortie, i get this (i do copy and paste)

Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 18 June 2019, version: 4.65.

Rule 'xelatex': The following rules & subrules became out-of-date:

'xelatex'

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Run number 1 of rule 'xelatex'

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Running 'xelatex -no-pdf -synctex=1 -recorder "Test_TinyTex_xelatex.tex"'

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Latexmk: applying rule 'xelatex'...

This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999991 (TeX Live 2019/W32TeX)  
(preloaded format=xelatex)

restricted \write18 enabled.

entering extended mode

(./Test_TinyTex_xelatex.tex

LaTeX2e <2019-10-01> patch level 3

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Document Class: article 2019/10/25 v1.4k Standard LaTeX document class

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y.sty

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sty)

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ex.def))

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sty

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cks.tex

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p.tex `pst-fp' v0.05, 2010/01/17 (hv))

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pgfutil-common.tex

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pgfutil-common-lists.tex))

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pgfkeys.code.tex

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pgfkeysfiltered.code.tex))

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pgffor.code.tex

Loading pgffor.code.tex

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th.code.tex

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thcalc.code.tex

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thutil.code.tex)

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thparser.code.tex)

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thfunctions.code.tex

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thfunctions.basic.code.tex)

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thfunctions.trigonometric.code.tex)

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thfunctions.random.code.tex)

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thfunctions.comparison.code.tex)

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thfunctions.round.code.tex)

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`PSTricks' v2.97 <2019/05/11> (tvz,hv)

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cks.con))

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p.tex)

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t.sty) (./Test_TinyTex_xelatex.aux)

*geometry* driver: auto-detecting

*geometry* detected driver: xetex

[1] (./Test_TinyTex_xelatex.aux) )

Output written on Test_TinyTex_xelatex.xdv (1 page, 2676 bytes).

SyncTeX written on Test_TinyTex_xelatex.synctex.gz.

Transcript written on Test_TinyTex_xelatex.log.

Latexmk: Log file says output to 'Test_TinyTex_xelatex.xdv'

Rule 'xelatex': File changes, etc:

Changed files, or newly in use since previous run(s):

'Test_TinyTex_xelatex.aux'

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Run number 2 of rule 'xelatex'

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Running 'xelatex -no-pdf -synctex=1 -recorder "Test_TinyTex_xelatex.tex"'

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=== TeX engine is 'XeTeX'