From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: want a file format easily edited and read by emacs that allows (multiple) pictures to be included Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:38:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7039d7c0-0948-4cd0-a720-e746c06c0ff0@googlegroups.com> References: <86a7yydw9n.fsf@zoho.com> <20171204215223.GB1723@tuxteam.de> <86609mduhp.fsf@zoho.com> <20171204221250.GF1723@tuxteam.de> <86o9nddd7i.fsf@zoho.com> <20171205080817.GA21102@tuxteam.de> <86vahlbmh1.fsf@zoho.com> <20171205085318.GA22742@tuxteam.de> <86mv2xbj4q.fsf@zoho.com> <86a7yxbe3r.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1512577190 24189 195.159.176.226 (6 Dec 2017 16:19:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 16:19:50 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:38:11 +0000 User-Agent: G2/1.0 To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 06 17:19:40 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eMcP9-0001Nn-Rg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:18:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53769 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eMQZd-0002bn-Bu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:40:41 -0500 X-Received: by 10.237.33.193 with SMTP id m1mr3511511qtc.17.1512531491366; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:38:11 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.31.174.75 with SMTP id x72mr440380vke.13.1512531491115; Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:38:11 -0800 (PST) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!m31no445446qtf.0!news-out.google.com!t48ni1082qtc.1!nntp.google.com!g35no445286qtk.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.223.154.46; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.223.154.46 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:221139 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:115264 Archived-At: On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 5:14:37 AM UTC+5:30, dan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 6:49 AM, Kevin Buchs wrote: > > Emmanuel, > > > > It seems to me you didn=E2=80=99t get a complete answer to your questio= n of the use > > of the org+embedded image. Of course, the OP is the best one to answer,= but > > here is what I gleaned. > > > > 1. OP requested a method to create & edit a document in emasculated tha= t > > would include images that were visible during editing and used minimal > > markup. Org Filled that need. > > > > 2. The OP next requested a way to have a single file document with the > > images embedded within that file. Think Microsoft Word documents. Trans= port > > and sharing are two tasks that are simplified with just a single file, = but > > the OP may have other use cases. It also simplifies the file-system foo= t > > print and =E2=80=9Cremembering=E2=80=9D which image file goes with whic= h document. > > > > 3. Marcion (sorry about incorrect spelling) created a quick answer, > > although it didn=E2=80=99t fully satisfy the OP requirements. It uses o= rg, which > > still requires an independent file for each image, but it now carries E= lisp > > code to regenerate the images. So now the single file contains everythi= ng > > you need to view and edit, but you need to execute the elisp if the ima= ge > > files don=E2=80=99t exist. The export to PDF or HTLM are supported by o= rg mode. > > > > Kevin Buchs > > (My master org-mode file is over 3 MB and contains all my notes for wor= k > > and personal life) >=20 > Hi Kevin, >=20 > I think that's a good summary of how the question appeared. You may also find this thread on the org list useful https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-09/msg00691.html Starts with a question of someone finding it hard to dig into org The creator of org =E2=80=94 Carsten Dominik =E2=80=94 has made a detailed = response=20 Also I posted an (org-ified!) list of org's features in that thread=E2=80= =A6 =E2=80=A6Would do it somewhat different today=E2=80=A6