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From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Controlling image width and placement in Beamer export
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:08:37 -0600
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To: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@syk.fi>
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On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@syk.fi> wrote:
>
> Greetings.
>
> I needed to create an Asymptote-generated centered image with a smaller
> width than the default .9\linewidth in a Beamer export. After trial and
> error I ended with the method shown below. In particular, to my surprise
> an
>
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :width 5cm
>
> _above_ the #+BEGIN_SRC did not work, so I had to place the line above
> #+RESULTS:
>
> Is the following the best way to do this, or is there a more concise
> method?
>
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------
> #+BEGIN_SRC asymptote :file triangle.pdf
>   size (8cm, 0);
>   pair A = (0, 0), B = (4, 1), C = (3, 2);
>   draw (A -- B -- C -- cycle);
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+LATEX: \begin{center}
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :width 5cm
> #+RESULTS:
> [[file:triangle.pdf]]
> #+LATEX: \end{center}
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------
>

Oh, and not that it matters, but I typically do:

#+begin_center
#+ATTR_LATEX: :width 5cm
#+RESULTS:
[[file:triangle.pdf]]
#+end_center

Theoretically, more flexible for different types of exports. Even if
you're only doing LaTeX, it's still less characters to type :)


John

> All the best,
>
> Jarmo
>
>