[XeTeX] [texworks] Alternative location for output PDF files (and, ideally, all non-source files)

[Philip Taylor]

Philip Taylor wrote:
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> Zdenek Wagner wrote:
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>> XeTeX has an -output-directory=DIR command line option. I hope all
>> output will go there.

This does indeed work as hoped, but it introduces two new problems, one 
of which I have solved (TeX no longer finds the generated auxiliary 
files -- solution :  add parent directory of output directory and all 
sub-directories thereof to TEXINPUTS.xetex in "texmf.cnf") and one of 
which is causing real problems :  TeXworks no longer knows where the 
output file is, so no longer refreshes the previewer after a successful 
compilation.  Can anyone advise how to work around this, please ?

Philip Taylor