[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.4 available
Jonathan Kew
jonathan_kew at sil.org
Wed Apr 21 17:53:13 CEST 2004
On 21 Apr 2004, at 4:26 pm, Ross Moore wrote:
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> Hi Jonathan,
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> On 21/04/2004, at 3:17 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
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>> * height and width keywords for \picfile and \pdffile were not working
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> Yes --- but now there is a problem with 'rotated'
> the box is wrong, not enclosing the image correctly:
>
Oops! I suppose it would be hoping for too much to suppose that I could
fix several bugs without breaking anything in the process. ;-)
If you don't mind, I'll hold this one for a few days while I finish
some work on font-related issues (better font name and encoding
support).
> \picfile doesn't work with movies, even though QuickTime runs them.
> Is there a good reason for this ?
The reason is that \picfile is based on the QuickTime Graphic Import
APIs, which are specifically for still images, not movies.
> Can it be made to work ?
I have to admit I hadn't considered embedding movies in TeX documents,
but perhaps it's something to investigate. I have no idea whether that
can be done through CoreGraphics imaging to PDF, though. In fact, I
don't even know if one can embed movies within PDFs at all; anyone have
any information about this?
If it is indeed possible, I think I'd implement a separate \movie (or
\XeTeXmovie, given the recent discussion re extension names) primitive,
rather than extending \picfile.
> Thanks a bunch for this version.
> Much is fixed, but there are still a few problems.
Indeed there are--that's no surprise! I'll try to keep the problem
count heading down rather than up, at least. :-)
Jonathan
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