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

[Philip Taylor]

On 01/02/2017 14:09, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:

>>> $ echo x | xelatex \\showthe\\everyjob
>>>
>>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 (TeX Live 2016)
> 
> I cannot reproduce this error:
> 
> $ echo x | xelatex \\showthe\\everyjob

I was able to replicate it under TeX Live 2016 but only after de-duplicating the back-slashes.
Philip Taylor