[XeTeX] XeTeX fails on dragged PDF images

[Ross Moore]

Hi Jonathan,

Try the following test, using TeXShop and XeTeX.

1. create a new document for XeLaTeX (or open any other to which
    we will add some extra LaTeX coding);
    ensure you have the preamble line:   \usepackage{graphicx}

2. open any existing TeXShop document and go to its PDF display window;

3. with the Cmd+Option keys down (Cmd = Apple), create a selection  
rectangle;

4. with the Cmd+Option+Shift  keys down, drag the selection to the open
    document source from step 1.  Some coding gets added, such as:

\includegraphics[]{../../../Library/TeXShop/DraggedImages/ 
texshop_image.pdf}

5. now "Typeset" with XeLaTeX.


Including the image fails as follows:

! LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in
  ../../../Library/TeXShop/DraggedImages/texshop_image.pdf (no  
BoundingBox).

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
  ...

l.54 ...y/TeXShop/DraggedImages/texshop_image.pdf}

?
<../../../Library/TeXShop/DraggedImages/texshop_image.pdf> [1]




The same problem is manifest in a slightly different way using XeTeX
instead of XeLaTeX
-- change the  \includegraphics[]{....} command to \XeTeXpdffile{....}.

Now the message is:

! Unable to load picture or PDF file  
'{../../../Library/TeXShop/DraggedImages/texshop_image.pdf}'.
<to be read again>
                    \par
l.52



The problem must be based in XeTeX itself, or XeTeX not liking
something about the PDF used in the  texshop_image.pdf ,
since...

    a.  pdfLaTeX and pdfTeX  can include such images;
    b.  the directory location is not the issue;
    c.  nor is the _ in the name.
(These are things that I've already checked.)



Would others please verify these results.

Jonathan, do you have any ideas why this doesn't work ?


Cheers,

	Ross


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