[XeTeX] Re: ABD: EveryShipout initializing macros

[Scott Murman]

some follow-on information.  this problem seems to be caused by an  
interaction with the eso-pic package.  again, there aren't any  
noticeable problems for plain latex.  below is an example.  not only  
does it slow down processing of the file, i don't actually get the  
image included in every page.

\usepackage{eso-pic}
\newcommand\BackgroundPicture{%
     \put(0,0){%
       \parbox[b][\paperheight]{\paperwidth}{%
         \vfill
         \centering
         \includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,%
                          keepaspectratio]{/Users/smurman/Documents/ 
world_back.pdf}%
         \vfill
       }}}
% The picture is centered on the page background
\AddToShipoutPicture{\BackgroundPicture}

On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Scott Murman wrote:

> hello, what is this EveryShipout doing?  it is extremely slow on my  
> system.  it doesn't happen for regular latex, only xelatex, but i  
> see nothing in the archives discussing it.  i'm using tex 2005 with  
> xetex 0.99b.  both AAT and OpenType fonts are extremely slow.  the  
> older versions were much faster.
>
> -SM-
>