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From: Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Best way to make/add tech diagrams/graphics?
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 10:17:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130517151722.GP26045@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFAhFSVt0RFUtUcdZ7ujhBqSWQ-vBZat-W-mECTMQrEAF+h+cA@mail.gmail.com>

Lawrence,

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:13:56AM -0500, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> I'd like to embed images into my running org file -- for eventual
> conversion to Latex or html. These would be simple diagram-style pictures
> such as math or technical diagrams that cannot be done with gnuplot or
> other formula-to-picture conversion software.
>
> Examples:
> http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/SEED/Vol5-1/Queiroz_Emmeche_El-Hani_files/image003.gif
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/irvine/SBGN_process_description_cropped.jpg
>
> I know emacs can draw some things, but I'd probably need better renditions.
> So how does emacs/org handle such images and what sort of software (I'm on
> Ubuntu) is available for making such drawings and diagrams? What about
> software like "Processing"? Having Processing code embedded that then
> produced images would be great.

I routinely put diagrams in my technical documentation. I prefer to
create PDF files (ie: from Visio) and include them with Latex's
includepdf package, or inline with PNG images.

I must say however when I draw diagrams I use yEd, which is incredibly
powerful and auto-formatting. These diagrams can be exported to PDF
and put in Org easily.

Thanks.


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next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2013-05-17 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-17 15:13 Best way to make/add tech diagrams/graphics? Lawrence Bottorff
2013-05-17 15:17 ` Russell Adams [this message]
2013-05-17 16:40 ` John Hendy
2013-05-17 23:09   ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-17 23:14     ` John Hendy
2013-05-21  8:19       ` Christopher Witte
2013-05-17 17:06 ` Nick Dokos

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