OT (Re: [pdftex] simple graphics question)

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "siepo" == siepo  <siepo at cybercomm.nl> writes:

    > That reminds me: once upon a time I needed a macro to
    > automatically scale an eps graphic proportionally to fit within
    > a given rectangle. So the figure would fit horizontally if it
    > was wide, or vertically if it was tall. I loaded epsf because it
    > provided access to the boundingbox parameters, but I used the

Hi,
you could try to use \includegraphics inside a box and then use
\settowidth and \settoheight to get the size of the graphic.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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