[texhax] Using *.eps files with Latex

[Martin Heller]

Robert Wilson wrote:
> This is one of my least favorite things about LaTeX. If you're using 
> pdftex to compile, you can use (virtually) any image type (png, jpg, 
> etc.) in your documents, but NOT eps. If you use the latex command in 
> concert with dvips or dvi2pdf, you can use eps, but nothing else. I've 
> never heard of anyone offering a solution supporting both eps and jpg 
> file types (someone please prove me wrong!).

LaTeX -> dvipdfmx

will let you include eps, jpg, png and pdf in the same document if you 
load the graphicx package with the dvipdfmx driver.

\usepackage[dvipdfmx]{graphicx}