From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Best way to make/add tech diagrams/graphics? Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 10:17:22 -0500 Message-ID: <20130517151722.GP26045@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53795) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UdMPp-0004Op-Ky for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UdMPk-00047e-Nv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:53 -0400 Received: from tropicana.asmallorange.com ([108.165.20.17]:41183) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UdMPk-00047Z-IK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:48 -0400 Received: from 173-165-175-252-atlanta.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([173.165.175.252]:19422 helo=localhost) by tropicana.asmallorange.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UdMPi-00017K-Gv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:47 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3