Re: How to use .eps figure in ConTeXt?

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Hi,

texexec's  --pdf switch uses pdfetex to generate a pdf document directly,
and pdftex does not accept images in eps format, only .pdf, .jpg and .png
are supported.

The  error message is slightly misleading, because it actually means:

  "figures: xx.eps.pdf has zero dimensions"

If you want to use your images in pdf, either convert them from eps to
pdf before calling texexec, or use the texexec => dvips => ps2pdf
route to create the pdf document (using ghostscript instead of pdftex).

Side note: it is generally better to use a 'bare' \externalfigure[xx]
instead
of giving an explicit extension. That way, assuming you have xx.eps and
xx.pdf,
both dvi and pdf trajects would work without the need for source changes.

Greetings, Taco

龙 飞 wrote:
> Today I try to insert .eps file in to my presentation. I use 
> \externalfigure[xx.eps] to insert xx.eps. The figure shows correct in 
> the dvi file generated by "texexec --once --texutils xx.tex". However 
> this figure disappears in the pdf file generated by "texexec --pdf 
> xx.tex". The log says "figures: xx.eps has zero dimensions". What is the 
> problem? Is there anything wrong with the .eps file?
> Thanks
> 
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