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Bug#234539: graphic[sx] should recognize .pdftex as a PDF picture file



Frank Küster schrieb am Dienstag, den 24. Februar 2004:

> > The graphics/graphicx package should recognize .pdftex pictures
> > when the pdftex backend is used. These pictures are generated by
> > XFig as part of the combined PDF/LaTeX format. See attached patch.
> 
> Hm. I don't like this idea too much, for several reasons:

[...]

Fully agree with all these arguments.

> I would prefer if XFig just would name the PDF output file *.pdf, as
> usual. Roland, is there any specific reason why this isn't done, or
> is it just because that's how it's ever been?

No problem, that already happened with XFig 3.2.5-alpha4, which I
uploaded some days ago.

The xfig changelog says:

        o When exporting to Combined PDF/LaTeX it uses ".pdf" and ".pdf_t"
          suffixes because LaTeX doesn't recognize ".pdftex" as a PDF file

Tschoeeee

        Roland

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