[XeTeX] graphics inclusion

[camatkara]

Sorry, you're right that that error on the terminal came via another 
line of troubleshooting (when using the \XeTeXpdffile command, not with 
\includegraphics).  Everything else is as I mentioned, though:  using 
xelatex, a blank space in the output file (and with latex an empty box) 
instead of the graphic.   Are there any special options I should be 
calling with the latex/xelatex commands?  Thanks as always for the help!

Jonathan Kew wrote:
> On 9 Dec 2007, at 11:45 am, Guy wrote:
>
>   
>> Yes, the terminal has this error when I run xelatex on that file:
>>
>>     
>>> ! Unable to load picture or PDF file '``srikanthacrop.pdf'.
>>> <to be read again>
>>>                    \unhbox
>>>       
>> and, despite the log file, there is just a blank space where my
>> included graphic should be in the output.
>>     
>
> I'm baffled by this, and wonder if you're accidentally mixing  
> different versions of your file, log file, etc. I don't see any way  
> that xelatex can stop with an "! Unable to load..." error like this  
> on the terminal, yet not show any trace of it in the .log.
>
> The quote marks shown on your error message (above) make it look like  
> at some point there might have been quote marks within your  
> \includegraphics command, and those were confusing graphicx or  
> xetex.def; but the .log you sent shows a different (apparently  
> successful) story.
>
> Could it be that you've had an old version of the PDF open in  
> whatever viewer you're using, and it hasn't reloaded the file after  
> different experiments with the input; this could have misled you into  
> thinking things failed when in fact they ran successfully?
>
> JK
>
>   
>> Pdflatex will produce the
>> proper graphic-included output, but not latex (which produces an empty
>> box) or xelatex (blank space).  It seems that I'm missing some basic
>> element or configuration in latex and xelatex, no?  Does pdflatex come
>> bundled with anything that those two don't?  Or are there any basic
>> dependencies for xe/latex that I might have overlooked?  Thanks again.
>>
>> guy
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2007 1:53 AM, Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> On 8 Dec 2007, at 7:34 pm, Guy wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi and thanks again for the assistance.  I tried your suggestions,
>>>> Jonathan, re trying another pdf and specifying [xetex] as an option
>>>> for graphicx, but got the same result.  I'll check on the ubuntu
>>>> forums to see whether anyone else has had similar problems.  Here's
>>>> the .log for my test file:
>>>>         
>>> According to this log....
>>>
>>>       
>>>> This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6)
>>>> (format=xelatex 2007.12.1)  8 DEC 2007 20:26
>>>> entering extended mode
>>>>  %&-line parsing enabled.
>>>> **testpractice.tex
>>>> (./testpractice.tex
>>>>         
>>>> <....snip....>
>>>>         
>>>> File: srikanthacrop.pdf Graphic file (type QTm)
>>>>
>>>> <use  "srikanthacrop.pdf" > [1
>>>>
>>>> ] (./testpractice.aux) )
>>>> Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
>>>>  4794 strings out of 95792
>>>>  78036 string characters out of 1190515
>>>>  146352 words of memory out of 1500000
>>>>  7892 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000
>>>>  3680 words of font info for 19 fonts, out of 1200000 for 2000
>>>>  28 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191
>>>>  28i,6n,43p,340b,255s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,
>>>> 200000b,5000s
>>>>
>>>> Output written on testpractice.pdf (1 page).
>>>>         
>>> ....it looks like the job ran with no error message; it seems to have
>>> loaded your pdf file fine. I don't see what the problem is here. Are
>>> you saying that you get an error message on the terminal even though
>>> the log file shows a job that ran to completion? Or is the included
>>> pdf missing from the output even though xelatex appeared to load  
>>> it OK?
>>>
>>>
>>> JK
>>>
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