embed a PDF page in plain XeTeX

Question

In the dvipdfm documetation, there is a special command for including the first page of an embedded pdf (using \special{pdf:epdf ... (file.pdf)}. Is there a way to insert for instance the fifth page of a pdf file.

Answer 1

According to XeTeX reference, it should be as simple as \XeTeXpdffile <filename> [page <int>], so, for example:

\hoffset-1in\voffset-1in\advance\hsize by1in\advance\vsize by1in
\nopagenumbers
\XeTeXpdffile "XeTeX-reference.pdf" page 16
\bye

should give you the 16th page of the reference file, which includes information on other options you can use.