[XeTeX] page size of pdf file

[Ross Moore]

Hi Andreas,

On 19/10/2009, at 7:01 AM, Andreas Matthias wrote:

> I get this discrepancy with every PDF I have tried.

> The size that I get by using \XeTeXpdffile directly is the
> one that matches with the MediaBox of the PDF. The size I get
> by using \includegraphics is too big. That's why I thought
> I could be a problem with xetex.def.

There was I problem with my previous testing.
I get the discrepancy too now.
The scale factor is:  ~ 0.99626
which is the conversion between scaled-points and big-points.

I'm trying to see how to force this extra scaling to occur,
using the macros provided in LaTeX's  graphics.sty .


>
>> The LaTeX "graphics driver" is just an interface to the
>> XeTeX primitive, so both *should* give the same result
>> --- unless somehow an extra space character is getting
>> inserted somewhere. If this is so, then it's not happening
>> in my version of  xetex.def . Send me what you have, so that
>> I can do a  diff  to check whether somehow it has become
>> different after packaging and unpacking again.
>
> I just downloaded xetex.def from CTAN again, but I still
> get different sizes.
>
> CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/xetex-def/xetex.def
>
>
> Can anyone reproduce the size discrepancies that I get?
>
>
> Ciao
> Andreas

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