[XeTeX] XeTeX, XeTeXpicfile, and counter-intuitive behaviour

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Thu Dec 1 13:49:16 CET 2011


2011/12/1 Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk>:
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> Zdenek Wagner wrote:
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>> 2011/12/1 Philip TAYLOR<P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk>:
>>>
>>> P.S. But what about the fact that the \vfill \eject
>>> is ignored if no text precedes the \XeTeXpicfile ?
>>>
>> What is \XeTeXpicfile from the TeX point of view? \vfil is a
>> discardable element thus it seems that \XeTeXpicfile is also treated
>> as a discardable element. \eject is then ignored because all
>> discardable elements are discarded. Would it help to put \XeTeXpicfile
>> to \hbox or \vbox?
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> Almost certainly.  But for \XeTeXpicfile to be discardable
> is counter-intuitive, to say the least !
>
I agree. I would expect that in TeX eyes it is a box.

> ** Phil.
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