[XeTeX] Clipping support for XeTeX

Heiko Oberdiek heiko.oberdiek at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 8 17:07:59 CEST 2012


Am 08.06.2012 02:27, schrieb Karl Berry:
>      Martin Scharrer has added clipping to xetex.def.
>      ...
>      https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.text.tex/pOR3Zv39TUA/02hiqt8TP94J
>
> And Joseph, evidently.  That is great!  Longstanding issue with XeTeX.
>
> As far as I know, xetex.def is maintained by Ross Moore, who is on this
> (XeTeX) list.  So it would be best for Ross to look at it and decide
> about integrating it and updating the xetex.def on CTAN.  I imagine
> Heiko might also be interested.  I see he's on this list too.

Short answer:

Some extensions for dvipdfm(x) are done in project bmpsize:
* clip
* trim, viewport
* reusing of images
Also there could be some benefit in synchronizing the development
of dvipdfm.def, dvipdfmx.def and xetex.def.

Yours sincerely
   Heiko


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