Re: Another powerdot problem ...

Philip Taylor <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.texhax
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On 15/11/2024 09:52, David Carlisle wrote:
>
>> [But] would that have helped Rolf before he had created (on Thomas 
>> Schneider's advice) "keg.ps <http://keg.ps>" from "keg.pdf" ?
>
>
> Probably, yes.
>
> As if you force latex to load foo.pdf it does what you ask, and  hopes 
> it's an EPS file despite the extension
> so you get

Why would LaTeX "hope it's an EPS file" ?  Does \includegrapics not 
allow the inclusion of other common graphics formats (e.g., JPEG) ?  If 
so, is there an /a priori/ reason why LaTeX would assume encapsulated 
Postscript rather than any other supported format ?

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