From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: latex export and beamer columns Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:15:14 +0000 Message-ID: <876392lhfh.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <876394m49f.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <3CB39269-FB18-4155-AF32-00F6B46F8061@gmail.com> <878wdylpw5.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: Eric S Fraga Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCE9t-00019q-U2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:15:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCE9p-000192-TE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:15:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39520 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCE9p-00018z-PI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:15:21 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:45735) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCE9p-00042x-GZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:15:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <878wdylpw5.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik , org-mode mailing list > At Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:34:18 +0100, > Carsten Dominik wrote: > > Anything missing in Org that we should implement to support this > > better? Actually, going through the set of lectures I am currently preparing, I am finding that there is one thing missing that I haven't needed before in latex export: the ability to centre a figure without having to use a float environment. Back in September, early October, there was a thread about image placement in latex export: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/18174/ There was a number of use cases discussed: inline placement versus float placement. There is one use case missing, one that is particularly useful for presentations, although not often necessary for articles say, namely a figure centred on a line without a caption and without floating. This seemed to be present at some point in the past but has disappeared, unless I have misunderstood the state of play... Basically, I would like to do something like: ,---- | In a double pipe heat exchanger, | | [[file:images/double-pipe-heat-exchanger.png]] | | the heat transfer etc. ad nauseum... `---- and have that figure centred on the line instead of left aligned as it would currently appear. If I add a #+label: the image does appear centred but as this is done by using a latex figure environment, a Figure: caption (empty) is added which isn't particularly useful in this case! There *is* a solution, but it's a bit messy, e.g.: ,---- | | \hfill | #+attr_latex: width=0.6\textwidth | [[file:images/double-pipe-heat-exchanger.png]] | \hspace*{\fill} \\ | `---- By the way, an \hfill at the end is not sufficient to centre the image. I have no solution to propose for incorporating something like this into org-mode other than possibly making use of a placement=centre (oops, center if you prefer american spelling) option on attr_latex which would put the includegraphics within a \centerline or \centering environment. Thanks, eric