[XeTeX] How does xetex handle non-native image files such as eps?

[Yuan Qi]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at ...> writes:

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> Am 22.10.2008 um 19:36 schrieb Yuan Qi:
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> > Does xetex support converting the image to PDF before compilation  
> > or is it only
> > doable via a script.
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> Look into xetex.def (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/ 
> xetex-def/xetex.def).

Basically, I am wondering if it's possible for the file conversion to happen
before the file is compiled so that a separate boundingbox file is not needed.