Georg Baum wrote:
>> Ok, the problem is that ChangeExtension calls os::internal_path
>> internally, so the \ characters here are converted to / ones:
>>      path = ChangeExtension("\\string\"" + base  + "\\string\"",
>>      ext);
> 
> Attached is the equivalent patch for 1.4. Note that I also changed
> the external inset where it made sense. This quoting business does
> not play well with the external inset, since it may require to add
> the extension, but IMO we should ignore that.

Agreed. Almost nobody uses the inset yet anyway.

> BTW, I was not very successful with my pdftex bug report: 
>http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=377&group_id=106

Executive summary: the current system is completely broken, but we
won't fix it because we haven't devised the ideal solution ;-)

> Does somebody have the time to create a \pdfximage external
> template?

There's this guy called Georg that does amazing things in a spare 10
minutes...

> I will apply the patch shortly.
> Georg

-- 
Angus

Reply via email to