Bug#259390: tetex-bin: Mistake in processing a filename
On 16.07.04 Ajay Shah (ajayshah@mayin.org) wrote:
Hi,
> > In pdfLaTeX that default rule does not exist, as different kind
> > of graphics can be feed to pdfTeX. (...) It would make sense to
> > define a default rule for MetaPost-Files (.mps), cause they can
> > be recognised, even if the extension is not .mps.
>
> I would be too happy to only make .eps files, and be able to use
> them with both latex and pdflatex; but pdflatex doesn't seem to eat
> .eps files!
>
Yes, pdfLaTeX never was able to process eps-files and probably won't
be at any time in the future. You may switch to the dvi-mode of
pdfLaTeX (\AtBeginDvi{\global\pdfoutput=0}), but this will pdfLaTeX
make behave like normal LaTeX (i.e. outputs dvi, eats no png, pdf,
jpg).
You have to convert them into pdf using epstopdf or a2ping (from
CTAN). Maybe this can be done on the fly. Please refer to epslatex.ps
and grfguide.ps for further details.
> > As I assume this to be a missing feature instead of a bug I'm
> > setting the severity to wishlist. We (in the DBTS) probably won't
> > fix it, so I tag it wontfix. We'll come back to it, if the
> > described situation will change, but I have doubt that this will
> > happen.
>
> I would respectfully like to say that from an end-user perspective,
> this is a horrible and incompetent bug. I am a geek and I'm
> perfectly okay with the workarounds (I just switched from '.' to
> '_'). But to tell a lay user that
>
> \includegraphics{last.year.revenue.pdf}
>
> will not work: it makes us look incompetent.
>
> This aspect needs to be communicated to the developers.
>
It is really a missing feature in (La)TeX, to parse from right to
left and recognise some extensions. I'm not sure, whether anybody is
willing to implement it. The thread I mentioned is still running and
at the end I'll decide if it makes sense to submit a bug to the LaTeX
BTS (http://www.latex-project.org). Don't hold your breathe, when you
wait for it.
Regards,
Hilmar
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