From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Passing font size to exported LaTeX table Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:31:21 -0700 Message-ID: <20110610153121.189b6ffb@kuru.homelinux.net> References: <80oc2s3v6k.fsf@somewhere.org> <5180.1306265114@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6073.1306269772@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6564.1306271566@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <6636.1306271949@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <20110527095013.385082e0@bhishma.homelinux.net> <20110527113013.253f79d9@bhishma.homelinux.net> <8988.1306954234@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <20110601120825.4ae3d622@kuru.homelinux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MP_/c/2J4Cxyn4jYlfOyiRCWWNr" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44908) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QVAEo-0002cy-AX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:31:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QVAEk-0006TM-Ew for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:31:33 -0400 Received: from mail-pv0-f169.google.com ([74.125.83.169]:46180) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QVAEj-0006SZ-8a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:31:29 -0400 Received: by pvc12 with SMTP id 12so1729286pvc.0 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:31:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110601120825.4ae3d622@kuru.homelinux.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: Sebastien Vauban , nicholas.dokos@hp.com --MP_/c/2J4Cxyn4jYlfOyiRCWWNr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello everyone, On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:08:25 -0700 Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:50:34 -0400 > Nick Dokos wrote: > > > I've tried to keep a neutral tone in (most of) the rest of > > the mail, but I have to say that I think clever hacks like this are > > too clever for their own good - they are at best an accident of > > implementation. The fact that the trick uses the placement option in > > order to change the font testifies to that. > > After the very clear description above, I agree 100%. I will remove my > addition to the manual and instead try to improve the #+ATTR_LaTeX: > documentation based on your code commentary. At the moment I am > facing a very important deadline for the 8th of June, I will submit a > revised patch after that. > I have attached a patch removing the hack from the manual and making some other small improvements to the latex export of images. However I did leave in one sentence regarding the placement option which alludes that a hack is possible. Please let me know if this is an improvement. > > They should certainly be documented as hacks on Worg, but I'm not > > sure they should be documented in the manual. Of course, it may > > happen that a really good hack (by some definition of "really > > good") should be elevated to a standard and documented in the > > manual, but IMO this one does not qualify. > > > > Along with the revisions for the manual, I will document my hack on > Worg. I made an account with repo.or.cz. I will soon push the changes documenting the hack on Worg. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. --MP_/c/2J4Cxyn4jYlfOyiRCWWNr Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=0001-Improve-Images-in-LaTeX-export-documentation.patch >From 7f66dba736136fc1a2ee8e2d4fbce47e07db3ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suvayu Ali (ThinkPad) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:57:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Improve "Images in LaTeX export" documentation * Mention use of keywords like multicolumn and float * Remove previous mention of hack with placement option as per comments on the mailing list. Hack better suited for Worg. --- doc/org.texi | 30 ++++++++++++------------------ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi index 92343de..c98bd53 100644 --- a/doc/org.texi +++ b/doc/org.texi @@ -10207,24 +10207,14 @@ output file resulting from @LaTeX{} processing. Org will use an @code{\includegraphics} macro to insert the image. If you have specified a caption and/or a label as described in @ref{Images and tables}, the figure will be wrapped into a @code{figure} environment and thus become a floating -element. You can use an @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line to specify the various -options that can be used in the optional argument of the -@code{\includegraphics} macro. To modify the placement option of the -@code{figure} environment, add something like @samp{placement=[h!]} to the -Attributes. It is to be noted this option can be used with tables as well. -The options are passed as the placement option to floating environments like -@code{figure} or @code{table}. One can pass other compatible options as well. -For example the @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line below is exported as the -@code{figure} environment below it. - -@cindex #+ATTR_LaTeX -@example -#+ATTR_LaTeX: placement=[]\footnotesize - -\begin@{figure@}[]\footnotesize -... -\end@{figure@} -@end example +element. You can use an @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line to specify various other +options. You can ask org to export an image as a float without specifying +a label or a caption by using the keyword @code{float} in this line. Various +optional arguments to the @code{\includegraphics} macro can also be specified +in this fashion. To modify the placement option of the floating environment, +add something like @samp{placement=[h!]} to the attributes. It is to be noted +this option can be used with tables as well. One can also pass other +compatible options. If you would like to let text flow around the image, add the word @samp{wrap} to the @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX:} line, which will make the figure occupy the left @@ -10246,6 +10236,10 @@ for @code{\includegraphics} and @code{wrapfigure}. [[./img/hst.png]] @end example +If you wish to include an image which spans multiple columns in a page, +you can use the keyword @code{multicolumn} in the @code{#+ATTR_LaTeX} +line. This will export the image wrapped in a @code{figure*} environment. + If you need references to a label created in this way, write @samp{\ref@{fig:SED-HR4049@}} just like in @LaTeX{}. -- 1.7.4.4 --MP_/c/2J4Cxyn4jYlfOyiRCWWNr--