Re: LaTeX export of images

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Francesco Pizzolante <fpz@missioncriticalit.com>
Cc: mailing-list-org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: LaTeX export of images
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:28:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <10AD8929-948F-4985-8E26-F49C0DF525A7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pr9jf68i.fsf@missioncriticalit.com>

On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Francesco Pizzolante wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about the LaTeX export of images.
>
> I wondering why we treat differently images with caption/label than  
> the ones
> that do not have caption/label.
>
> I suppose that we want to make the difference between images that  
> appear in
> the middle of the text and those who will appear in a float (with  
> possibly
> label and caption).
>
>
> 1) Images in the middle of the text
>
> If I have the following example:
>
>    ,----
>    | For this example, I will use this image [[myimage.png]] which  
> is a very good one.
>    `----
>
> Then, when exported, it produces the following LaTeX code:
>
>    ,----
>    | For this example, I will the use this image
>    | \centerline{\includegraphics{myimage}} which is a very good one.
>    `----
>
> Which produces weird layout when compiled to PDF.
>
> In this case, we should just generate \includegraphics{myimage}  
> without the
> centerline command.
>
>
> 2) Images in floats
>
> In the case of floats, the correct generated code should be  
> something like:
>
> \begin{figure}[htb]
>        \centering
>        \includegraphics{myimage}
>        \label{LABEL}
>        \caption{CAPTION}
> \end{figure}
>
> and not
>
> \begin{figure}[htb]
>        \centerline{\includegraphics{myimage}}
>        \label{LABEL}
>        \caption{CAPTION}
> \end{figure}
>
> This can also be fixed quickly I think.

Yes sure, but what is wrong with \centerline?  does the \centering  
lead to a different result?

- Carsten

>
> Now, the question is: is it correct to identify a "float" image  
> thanks to its
> caption and label attributes? Can't we have a "float" image without  
> label or
> caption?
>
>
> Thanks for your help and input.
>
> Francesco
>
>
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