Re: [NTG-pdftex] images in formats

Frank Küster wrote:

Hans Hagen wrote:

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dumping an image in pdf mode is rather difficult to get right. If in dvi mode an image is "stored" by a reference to an external file, then I am afraid the speed gain is not that much. There is for sure some comfort by having a dumped file reference in the format, but again that can be also achieved for pdf mode using some macros IMHO. to me it looks like a rather useless option to include an image in a

Thanh Han The wrote: format, just as we don't embed type 1 fonts in the format either so let's not waste energy on it

You know that you just said "To me it looks like a rather useless option to include an image in a \savebox in the LaTeX preamble", or "To me it looks like a rather useless option to support preview-latex in PDF mode even for people who use \savebox with images in their preamble"?

no, i was talking about a 'format' i.e. a \dump'd thing, i have no clue what \savebox does, and it may do image trickery as much as it likes but in the end the image will not be in the format file

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also, those who generate a format should know what they're doing/dealing with

David knows, but preview-latex just takes the LaTeX preamble which its users have written.

afaik the problem only occurs when a \dump is done and an option is then to \let\dump\end or so anyhow, it's a dump related problem, not a macro package related one Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------