--alias=name
Pretend to be program name, i.e., set program (and
memory dump) name to name. This may affect the search paths and other
values used. Using this option is equivalent to copying the program file to
name and invoking name.
--aux-directory=dir
Set dir as the directory to which auxiliary files
are written. Also look for input files in dir first, before along the
normal search path.
--buf-size=n
Set the the maximum number of characters simultaneously
present in current lines of open files and in control sequences between
\csname and \endcsname. TeX uses the buffer to contain input
lines, but macro expansion works by writing material into the buffer and
reparsing the line. As a consequence, certain constructs require the buffer to
be very large, even though most documents can be handled with a small
value.
--c-style-errors
Change the way, error messages are printed. The alternate
style looks like error messages from many compilers and is easier to parse for
some editors.
--disable-8bit-chars
Make only 7-bit characters printable.
--disable-installer
Disable automatic installation of packages. Specifying
this option overrules settings in the MiKTeX configuration data store.
--disable-write18
Disable the \write18{command}
construct.
--dont-parse-first-line
Disable checking whether the first line of the main input
file starts with %&.
--draftmode
Sets \pdfdraftmode so doesn't write a PDF and
doesn't read any included images, thus speeding up execution.
--enable-8bit-chars
Make all characters printable.
--enable-enctex
Enable encTeX extensions such as \mubyte.
--enable-etex
Enable eTeX extensions.
--enable-installer
Enable automatic installation of packages. Specifying
this option overrules settings in the MiKTeX configuration data store.
--enable-mltex
Enable MLTeX extensions such as \charsubdef.
--enable-write18
Fully enable the
\write18{command} construct. It is only partially
enabled by default to avoid security problems. When fully enabled, the command
(which undergoes the usual TeX expansions) is passed to the command
interpreter. The output of the command is not diverted anywhere, so it will
not appear in the log file. The command execution either happens at
\output time or right away, according to the absence or presence of the
\immediate prefix.
--error-line=n
Set the width of context lines on terminal error
messages.
--extra-mem-bot=n
Set the extra size (in memory words) for large data
structures like boxes, glue, breakpoints, et al. Relevant only after the
memory dump file has been read.
--extra-mem-top=n
Set the extra size (in memory words) for chars, tokens,
et al. Relevant only after the memory dump file has been read.
--font-max=n
Set the maximum internal font number.
--font-mem-size=n
Set the size, in TeX memory words, of the font
memory.
--half-error-line=n
Set the width of first lines of contexts in terminal
error messages.
--halt-on-error
Quit after the first error.
--hash-extra=n
Set the extra space for the hash table of control
sequences (which allows 10K names as distributed).
--help
Give help and exit.
--hhelp
This option is only available on Windows systems: show
the manual page in an HTML Help window and exit when the window is
closed.
--include-directory=dir
Add the directory dir to the head of the list of
directories to be searched for input files.
--initialize
Become the INI variant of the program.
--interaction=mode
Set the interaction mode. Must be one of
batchmode, scrollmode and errorstopmode. The meaning of
these modes is the same as the corresponding commands.
--job-name=name
Set the name of the job (\jobname). This has an
affect on the output file names.
--job-time=file
Set the time-stamp of all output files equal to
--main-memory=n
Change the total size (in memory words) of the main
memory array. Relevant only while creating memory dump files.
--max-in-open=n
Set the maximum number of input files and error
insertions that can be going on simultaneously.
--max-print-line=n
Set the width of longest text lines output; should be at
least 60.
--max-strings=n
Set the maximum number of strings.
--nest-size=n
Set the maximum number of semantic levels simultaneously
active.
--no-c-style-errors
Don't change the way, error messages are printed.
--output-directory=dir
Write output files in dir. instead of the current
directory. Look up input files in dir first, then along the normal
search path.
--output-format=format
Set the output format mode, where format must be
either dvi or pdf. This also influences the set of graphics
formats understood by pdfTeX.
--param-size=n
Set the the maximum number of simultaneous macro
parameters.
--parse-first-line
Check whether the first line of the main input file
starts with %&, and parse if it does. This can be used to specify
extra command-line options.
--pool-free=n
Set the minimum pool space left after loading the
format.
--pool-size=n
Set the maximum number of characters in strings,
including all error messages and help texts, and the names of all fonts and
control sequences.
--quiet
Suppress all output, except errors.
--record-package-usages=file
Record all package usages and write them into
file.
--recorder
Enable the file name recorder. This leaves a trace of the
files opened for input and output in a file with the extension .fls.
--restrict-write18
Partially enable the
\write18{command} construct.
--save-size=n
Set the the amount of space for saving values outside of
current group.
--src-specials
Embed source file information (source specials) in the
file.
--stack-size=n
Set the maximum number of simultaneous input
sources.
--string-vacancies=n
Set the minimum number of characters that should be
available for the user's control sequences and font names, after the
compiler's own error messages are stored. Must be at least 25000 less than
pool_size, but doesn't need to be nearly that large.
--synctex=n
Generate SyncTeX data for previewers. If
n is
zero, no .synctex file is created. If
n is negative, the .synctex file
is a text file. If
n is positive, the .synctex file is compressed with
gzip and the .gz file name extension is added.
Furthermore, n is interpreted as a bit field:
Bit 1 (n AND 2)
Don't add the .gz file name extension.
Bit 2 (n AND 4)
Activate form support.
Bit 3 (n AND 8)
Activate better compression.
--tcx=tcxname
Use the tcxname translation table to set the
mapping of input characters and re-mapping of output characters.
--time-statistics
Show processing time statistics.
--trace[=tracestreams]
Enable trace messages. The tracestreams argument,
if specified, is a comma-separated list of trace stream names
(Chapter 9, Trace Streams).
--trie-size=n
Set the amount of space for hyphenation patterns.
--undump=name
Use
name as the name of the format to be used,
instead of the name by which the program was called or a
line.
--version
Show version information and exit.
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