[XeTeX] including pictures

[Jonathan Kew]

On 20 Oct 2004, at 12:06 pm, christopher ciotti wrote:

> On Oct 14, 2004, at 2:59 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> Le 14 oct. 04, à 08:44, Dalyoung a écrit :
>>
>>
>> Did you specify the option [xetex] to the graphics (or graphicx) 
>> package. Namely
>>
>> \usepackage[xetex]{graphics}
>>
>> \XeTeXpdffile "monster.pdf" width 3cm
>>
>>
>
>
> With XeLaTeX, should \XeTeXpdffile be used instead of 
> \includegraphics[]{}?
>

\XeTeXpdffile is the underlying primitive command; \includegraphics 
with the [xetex] option will ultimately call this to actually include 
the graphic.

The advantage of using \includegraphics is that you get to use the same 
options as with other engines, so your source document remains more 
portable.

JK