latexmk -v Latexmk, John Collins, 16 January 2010. Version 4.13a I put $pdflatex = ‘xelatex –shell-escape %O %S’; in my .latexmkrc file. This is a workaround, of course. But it works for me when I call latexmk -pvc -pdf MyXetexFile
With MikTeX, pdflatex has this command-line option: -interaction=MODE Set the interaction mode; MODE must be one of: batchmode, nonstopmode, scrollmode, errorstopmode. Edit suggested by @9999years: Those values are equivalent to a set of LaTeX \commands that provide the same functionality. From TeX usage tips: The modes make TeX behave in the following way: errorstopmode stops … Read more