Re: Question on LaTeX scaling of images

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:

> Using this:
> 
> #+begin_src org
>   ## +BIND: org-export-latex-image-default-option ""
>   #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{calc}
> 
>   * foo
> 
>   This is an inline image:=20
>   #+LaTeX: \raisebox{-\height / 2}{\includegraphics{scomp3.png}}
>   . It should not be scaled.
> #+end_src
> 
> produces that for me:
> 
> #+begin_src latex
>   This is an inline image:=20
>   \raisebox{-\height / 2}{\includegraphics{scomp3.png}}
>   . It should not be scaled.
> #+end_src
> 
> So, it worked out-of-the-box.
> 

The problem is not that it does not work: of course it does. The problem is
that it is too closely tied to latex - forget about exporting it to HTML or
any other format.

> > and I don't know any way to convince it to do it "right". Unless somebody
> > can come up with such a way, the only possibility that remains is to hack
> > org-latex.el.
> 
> You can try the dirty trick given by Carsten: adding `{}' in front of your
> environment -- as "environments are only detected if they are the first thi=
> ng
> in a new line":
> 
>   #+LaTeX: {}\raisebox{-\height / 2}{
> 
> See http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/21183.
> 

Thanks for the pointer - I'll have to try to remember this for future
reference (but we all know how that will work out for me :-) ). However,
in this case, the problem is not the recognition of the environment: the
latex exporter seems to mangle the link that follows. So far, the only
thing that has worked is actually hacking org-latex to insinuate the
\raisebox in the proper place.

Thanks,
Nick