Re: Latex export bug? Odd behavior with figures...

From: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Latex export bug? Odd behavior with figures...
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:11:43 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443387B-A24A-4D48-8AD1-ACF11A3C014E@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15804.1274847820@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org>

Hi John,

Roughly speaking, the larger the floating figure the farther it will  
float in LaTeX.  If there is a large floating figure at the beginning  
of a group of figures, then the later ones will dam up behind it and  
get pushed to the back of the document.  Often, changing figure size  
by a small amount works wonders.  I often try 90% first time around,  
then adjust for appearance and float placement.  This is one of the  
last things one does before a final printing (adjusting figure sizes  
can help eliminate widows and orphans), so you might want to work  
directly on the generated .tex file, rather than try to get it right  
at the org-mode stage.

HTH,
Tom

On May 25, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:

> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I've inspected the generated .tex file and this shows up where  
>> expected in
>> both picture instances:
>>
>> \begin{figure}[htb]
>> \centering
>> \includegraphics[width=12cm]{/home/jwhendy/Desktop/file[1/2].pdf}
>> \caption{text here}
>> \end{figure}
>>
>
> Figures (and tables) are floating environments: latex will place them
> at or after the place where they are mentioned in the latex file, at
> the first place where it finds space, consistent with the spec ([htb]
> above).
>
> You can try this:
>
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: width=12cm placement=[H]
>
> The spacing will probably be awful.
>
> Another way to force the order is to forego the CAPTION: that will
> translate the images into \includegraphics without the figure
> environment. The spacing might be awful but the order will be  
> preserved.
>
> There was a discussion about such matters some time ago on the mailing
> list (in particular, how CAPTIONS affect output), but I don't remember
> the resolution and I'm too tired to go look. Seek and ye shall find.
>
> You can also look in the TeX FAQ,
> e.g. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=figurehere, for
> more.
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>
>
>
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