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-.TH "EXTRACTBB" "1" "28 April 2011" "20110311" "DVIPDFMx"
+.TH "EXTRACTBB" "1" "6 May 2011" "20110311" "DVIPDFMx"
.PP
.SH "NAME"
extractbb, ebb \- extract bounding box information from graphics files
@@ -60,9 +60,21 @@ Write output in dvipdfm's ``bb'' format.
.TP
.B -x
Write output in dvipdfmx's ``xbb'' format (default), which is the same
-as that used by the PDF format.
+as that used by pdfTeX.
.PD
.PP
+.SH "OUTPUT FORMATS"
+.PP
+Here are more details about the bb and xbb formats:
+.PP
+The original ebb (from dvipdfm) ignored density information in bitmap
+images, and generated bounding boxes with 100px = 72bp = 1in.
+Unfortunately, screenshots (especially) tend to look bad with this
+approach.
+.PP
+So, extractbb (from dvipdfmx) uses density information if present.
+Otherwise, it generates bounding box with 100px = 100bp. This is what
+pdfTeX does.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
There is currently no way to specify which bounding box is taken