Asymptote http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/ would also be another option in a similar vein to TikZ. On 18 May 2013 01:14, John Hendy wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Marcin Borkowski > wrote: > > Dnia 2013-05-17, o godz. 11:40:17 > > John Hendy napisał(a): > > > >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:13 AM, 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 > >> > > >> > >> A few that come to mind for this sort of thing: > >> - ditaa: http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/ > >> - graphviz/dot: http://www.graphviz.org/ > >> - my personal favorite, but quite the learning curve, it PFG/TikZ: > >> http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/ > > > > Typo: it's PGF, not PFG, just in case you wanted to google it or > > something;). > > > > Oops -- typo on my part. > > > I'd also mention Metapost, on which I believe TikZ was modeled (at least > > to some extent). > > > > Since you mentioned embedding in LaTeX, I'd also suggest TikZ; it has a > > huge manual, but /very/ well written, with quite a few tutorials and > > examples. One benefit is that it is tightly integrated into LaTeX, > > but it can also export SVG (though with a few limitations compared to > > the pdfLaTeX-produced output). Also, you might want to check out the > > gallery of TikZ examples here: http://www.texample.net/tikz/ . > > > > The examples are great. The link I provided goes right to the examples > vs. that sort of home page screen which only shows the most recent > couple that have been submitted. > > I'll have to check out metapost, as I'd not heard of that one. > > > Thanks, > John > > >> Good luck! > >> John > > > > Best, > > > > -- > > Marcin Borkowski > > http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski > > Adam Mickiewicz University > > > >