[XeTeX] problems with external figures

[Jonathan Kew]

On 8 May 2007, at 12:53 pm, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to include an image, but the following fails for some  
> reason:
>
> {\XeTeXpicfile 'a.jpg'}
> \bye
>
> ! Unable to load picture or PDF file 'a.jpg}'.

You need to ensure there is a space after the filename, to let (Xe) 
TeX know when to stop reading it. Thus,

{\XeTeXpicfile 'a.jpg' }
\bye

should work. Or you can say \relax there, instead of space.

JK