Thanks, Robin. This is the other major question I get asked: how do I make sure the system reads my new collection of macros and not something elsewhere which has the same name? That's why I used \UQincludegraphics. I've suggested that they label their own packages MyOwnNamePackage (substitute appropriately for MyOwnName) to avoid clashes - it's worked so far, but I then give them a very strong warning that the resulting source code isn't transferable, and the safest way is to include it between \makeatletter [code inserted here] \makeatother in the preamble. TeX/LaTeX is good, and at least all the code is accessible, so with a few years (decades?) of experience most requests can be answered fairly quickly - as long as they consult me about problems. Cheers Ken Smith -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project on behalf of Robin Fairbairns Sent: Tue 3/3/2009 5:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: \includegraphics, eps, pdf, and \write18 Kenneth Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here at the University of Queensland, at a rough estimate, I spend as much time > helping staff with the eps-pdf problem in graphics as with all their other > problems in LaTeX combined. > I've occasionally thought about doing something with \includegraphics after copying it to > \UQincludegraphics, but that would make most files using it not usable > outside UQ. a modified graphics package (however modified) doesn't solve the portability problem -- old versions of packages remain on people's machines for a very long time indeed. (i've got tetex 1, 2 and 3 on this machine, but then i'm that sort of person...) if _you_ have the up-to-date package (which works with the latest pdftex with the whizzy "selective" \write18) your document isn't going to work any better on my old machine than would a document using \UQincludegraphics robin