macro expansion not working in #+ATTR_LATEX

macro expansion not working in #+ATTR_LATEX

[Johannes Rainer]

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hi all!

while working nicely for plain text I realized that macros are not expanded
if put in #+ATTR_LATEX:

e.g. I defined

#+MACRO: image_width 16

and wanted to use this macro like

#+ATTR_LATEX: :center :placement [H] :width {{{image_width}}}cm

however, in the exported tex file I get:

\includegraphics[width={{{image_width}}}cm]{test.png}

is that intentional that macro expansion works only for plain text?

thanks, jo

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Re: macro expansion not working in #+ATTR_LATEX

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Johannes Rainer <johannes.rainer@gmail.com> writes:

> while working nicely for plain text I realized that macros are not expanded
> if put in #+ATTR_LATEX:
>
> e.g. I defined
>
> #+MACRO: image_width 16
>
> and wanted to use this macro like
>
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :center :placement [H] :width {{{image_width}}}cm
>
> however, in the exported tex file I get:
>
> \includegraphics[width={{{image_width}}}cm]{test.png}
>
> is that intentional that macro expansion works only for plain text?

Yes. Macro are only expanded where one can find plain text. See "11.6
Macro replacement" in Org manual.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou