Re: XeTeX and \placefigure

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Jeff Smith wrote:
> On 8/24/06, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> - You need to install ImageMagic if you don't have it yet.
>>
>> - My files didn't want to compile either. I deleted everything and
>> installed ConTeXt from scratch (mswintex.zip, justtex.zip, XeTeX from
>> W32TeX + "ctxtools --update" + remake formats for XeTeX). Don't ask me
>> why it didn't work before (complained as in your case) - now it works
>> perfectly.
>>     
>
> I've followed this thread with interest.... What about the windows
> stand-alone distribution, here? Would it be any different? I installed
> ImageMagick and enabled the shell-escape, but I still get the dummy
> boxes.
>   
hm, i only test xetex on windows (two broken macs now) and it works ok; is rlxtools called ? if not you can try 

rlxtools --ident somefile.jpg 

to see what happens 

btw, make sure that you use 

texexec --xtx somefile

i.e. use dvipdfmx and not the other one 

Hans  

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