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

[Zdenek Wagner]

2011/12/1 Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk>:
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> Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
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>> No, it's a whatsit. It is *not* discarded, but it isn't a box.
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> Right, so why isn't the \eject honoured ?
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If I remember it well, whatsit is dimensionless, thus if \XeTeXpicfile
reserves a space, it cannot be just whatsit. Anyway, discardable items
are discarded at the break. They must not be discarded after whatsit.
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>>> I repeat : "Why does \XeTeXpicfile say
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>>>        '! Unable to load picture or PDF file"',
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>>> if it is unable to handle PDF files ?
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>> Then it cannot load PDF files and the error message is correct.
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> Only a member of the European Parliament could have come
> up with such an innocuous-sounding but highly dubious
> explanation :-)  So why is it that when I write :
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>        \XeTeXpdffile Resources/Images/TAR-2.tex width \hsize \relax
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> it says
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>> ! Unable to load picture or PDF file 'Resources/Images/TAR-2.tex'.
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> and no
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>> ! Unable to load picture or TeX file 'Resources/Images/TAR-2.tex'.
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> ???
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>> Then my guess is that the problem is caused by the removal
>> code for the crop marks and the various other things.
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> But they all function perfectly in the absence of \XeTeXpdffile.
> Anyhow, this one must wait until I have removed all the dross.
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> Philip Taylor
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