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[Henri Lesourd <address@hidden>]

Dmitri Fedorov wrote:

> When doing a batch processing of files with TeXmacs,
>
> texmacs --convert $*.tm $*.tex --quit
>
> texmacs still tries to open an x11 window for a split second before
> doing (quit-TeXmacs). This pretty much kills the possibility for a
> script processing of files in a makefile.
>
> Emacs has an option --batch, does such an option exists also in TeXmacs?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dmitri.
>
>
>  
The (only) way to do it is to use xvfb (X virtual frame
buffer), which is a "fake" X server created exactly for
the kind of purpose you envision, namely, running X11
apps outside of X11 (e.g., in a cronjob).