>>> On a related note:  Could I place two (correctly scaled) images
>>> side-by-side?
>>
>> For the sake of record, your request is much similar to what is
>> discussed here
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-12/msg00780.html -
>> save for (dynamically-generated) images taking the place of src blocks.
>>
>> Try something like this:
>>
>> #+begin_list-table
>> - [[./foo1.png]]
>>   - [[./foo2.png]]
>> #+end_list-table
>>
>> Make sure that the images are "small" images. If you replace the image
>> links above with R srcblocks or attach caption/attr_odt to the above
>> above images, the results are less than satisfactory. So the answer to
>> your question is a "soft" no.
>
> Thanks for this.  For two reasons that does not work for me:
> (1) I want to use captions on my images
> (2) it is odt-export specific
>
>>
>> Notes to self:
>>
>> There are multiple ways to achieve side-by-side effect.
>> - use tables (aka "list tables")
>> - use 2-Column sections 
>> - 2-column frames (what is this?)
>>
>> "side-by-side" has surfaced in the list for the second time, I think it
>> deserves to be supported "out of the box".
>
> +1.  And ideally generic enough, s.t. also the LaTeX supports it.
> Beamer has the concept of columns, which is nicely supported in org
> mode.  Maybe that could be a general concept supported by all (or, most)
> exporters?

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