From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: "Juan Manuel Macías" <maciaschain@posteo.net>
Cc: orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Are 'placement' and 'float' "obsolete terms" in inline images exported to LaTeX?
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:12:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878r8ioiog.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87leclnkf7.fsf@posteo.net>
Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:
>> I am not sure about obsolete - I see not reason to obsolete the intended
>> use case. Your example is rather an abuse.
>
> Why abuse? First, it works like a charm. Second, if :float can support
> any string as an environment name, why not minipage or subfigure? As for
> :placement, the term would seem more precise to me if it were really
> "placement" (as :align in tables is actually "align"), not LaTeX code
> passed directly after the \begin{...}. That a user can put things like
> this (I do it often, and I think I'm not the only one):
>
> :placement [htbp]\SomeExtraLaTeXCode...
>
> it is a consequence of the above. It is not an "orthodox" use (I mean,
> it's not described in the manual), but it works without problems. Again,
> I don't want to seem too picky about the names, but a user who doesn't
> understand the source code might think that :placement only supports
> things like [htbp]. My idea here is: instead of implementing new
> features, recycle and take advantage of those that arise unexpectedly
> :-). Although :placement was created thinking about putting code related
> to placement figures, as it is implemented I would have called it
> :latex-code or something similar.
:float is only used for (1) tables; (2) src-blocks; (3) inline images
that are a sole element in their paragraph. But not for other Org syntax
elements - you cannot, for example, wrap a paragraph or heading into
custom environment with :float.
Further, we also provide :environment and :options attributes that do
the same thing, but without special treatment of standard
t/multicolumn/wrap/sideways/nil values in :float.
>> What we might do it to introduce something like a new :wrap attribute:
>>
>> #+attr_latex: :wrap subfigure,{\textwidht}
So, it might be even better idea to extend :environment/:options
attributes to more elements - their names make more sense and the values
do not have a pre-defined special meanings.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-04 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-01 15:08 Are 'placement' and 'float' "obsolete terms" in inline images exported to LaTeX? Juan Manuel Macías
2023-10-01 18:07 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2023-10-02 13:10 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-02 14:55 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2023-10-04 9:12 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-10-04 14:34 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2023-10-06 16:29 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-10-06 18:35 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2023-10-06 19:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
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