How to add “-shell-escape flag” to the compilation process in Texworks correctly?

[HPC2H2]

I am using the minted package, which requires the -shell-escape flag during compilation.

I have tried adding various forms of the flag (e.g., shell-escape, -shell-escape, $shell-escape, --shell-escape) in the “工具配置 (Tool Configuration?)” dialog -- one of my attempt as shown in the screenshot below. However, I still receive the error:

! Package minted Error: You must invoke LaTeX with the -shell-escape flag.

When I compile manually using the command:

lualatex -shell-escape "xxx.tex"

the compilation succeeds. This suggests that the issue is related to how the flag is being added in TeXworks, not the flag itself.

Could someone please advise on the correct way to add the -shell-escape flag in TeXworks?

[jlaurens]

Notice that recent minted package no longer needs shell escape.

From the doc:

The minted package operates by passing code to the latexminted Python executable,
which performs syntax highlighting and then returns the highlighted code in L A T E X
format.
latexminted is designed to be compatible with the security requirements for re-
stricted shell escape. For up-to-date installations of TeX Live 2024+, the -shell-escape
option is no longer required. The latexminted Python executable has been added to
TeX Live’s list of trusted executables.

[HPC2H2]

Thanks for your help. my problem got solved.

[stloeffler]

For people who find this discussion in the future (possibly in relation to less "dangerous" flags than shell-escape):
First of all, the argument should be -shell-escape, not shell-escape (note the leading dash character, just as if you would run this on the command line). Second, the $fullname argument (corresponding to xxx.tex in your example) should generally be the last argument, after -shell-escape. You can re-order arguments with the arrow buttons on the right.