[XeTeX] Cannot load dislocated image file

[Sven Siegmund]

Thanks, that helped. Yes, indeed, the initial slash was the problem.

Another problem was the double quotes. I had to use single quotes
because with double quotes I cound not further spcify the width of the
picture.

i.e.

\XeTeXpicfile "img/maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg" width 10cm
did not work, but

\XeTeXpicfile 'img/maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg' width 10cm
works ok.

Another problem, which I am trying to solve now is the centering of the image.

my source is now

\begin{figure}[htp]
\centering
\XeTeXpicfile 'img/maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg' width 10cm
\caption{Gleistypen}
\label{fig:gleistypen}
\end{figure}

but the yentering command did not affect the position of the picture file.

S.



2008/3/15, Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org>:
>
>  On 15 Mar 2008, at 12:20 pm, Sven Siegmund wrote:
>
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I am trying to load an image file in my document like this
>  >
>  > ----
>  > \begin{figure}[htp]
>  > \centering
>  > \XeTeXpicfile "/img/maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg"
>  > \caption{Gleistypen}
>  > \label{fig:gleistypen}
>  > \end{figure}
>  > -----
>  >
>  > The problem seems to be the location of the image file. It is not in
>  > the folder of the TeX-Document.:
>  >
>  > My TeX-Document is in d:\Sven\Märklin\geometrie\geometrie.tex and the
>  > image file is d:\Sven\Märklin\geometrie\img\maerklin-schienentypen-
>  > h0.jpg
>  >
>  > When I move the image file to "D:\Sven\Märklin\geometrie" and write
>  > \XeTeXpicfile "maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg", it loads ok.
>  >
>  > What am I doing wrong when loading the file from another location?
>
>
> I'd guess that you should use
>
>
>    "img/maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg"
>
>
> or possibly
>
>    "./img/maerklin-schienentypen-h0.jpg"
>
>  to specify an image file with a relative path. The leading slash in
>  your example would mean the path starts at the root of the drive.
>
>  As you're using xelatex, I'd generally recommend using
>  \includegraphics (with the graphicx package) rather than direct XeTeX
>  primitives, btw. But the issue of relative vs absolute paths would be
>  the same.
>
>  JK
>
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