Re: [Haifux] LaTeX: How to include bitmap files?

[Dan Kenigsberg]

> 
> On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > How can I include bitmap files (like .png) inside a LaTeX document without
> > > converting them to eps beforehand? \includgraphics seems to accept only
> > > eps's.
> > >
> >
> > Maybe you'd find Chap 13 of "Using Imported Graphics in Latex2e" interesting
> > (/usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/graphics/epslatex.ps on my tree).
> > You are taught there how to convert the bitmap automatically, and "Just in
> > Time".
> 
> Does this actually work?
> 
> Can a postscript printer evaluate those commands? Can a standard windows
> ghostview user do the same?
> 
> I also believe that many of us have gs using -dSAFER by default to prevent
> this from working (e.g: allowing a postscript file to dictate us to exeute
> an arbitrary command)
> 

Sorry to have raised your expectations. The convertion is done by dvips already
(maybe you can delay it even further, but I wouldn't know)

Dan.


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