It's strange that you say that link is not up-to date (altho I can see that
the version you've linked to is also linked from the main page),
because it says here: http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html#Top

> This manual is for Org version 8.0.3 (release_8.0.3).

Is it possible to maybe put some sort of message that would say that the
manual is outdated?


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
> > Paul Stansell <paulstansell@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I've noticed that #+ATTR_LaTeX seems to be no longer honoured (I'm
> >> using release_8.0.3-133-ga5872)
> >>
> >> This is demonstrated for the attached org file.  It's the exact
> >> example from http://orgmode.org/manual/Images-in-LaTeX-export.html.
> >>
> >> I expect the exported latex file (C-c C-e l l) to contain something like
> >>
> >>   \includegraphics[width=5cm,angle=90]{./dummy.png}
> >>
> >> but I instead it contains
> >>
> >>   \includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{./dummy.png}
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> PS. I'm using Emacs 24.2.1 and I tested with the minimal org-mode
> >> set-up from http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html.
> >
> > I won't even attempt to give an overview of how attribute syntax has
> > changed/is changing, or explain why and how the manual is out of date,
> > but while we're waiting for someone else to do that, here's the line
> > you're looking for:
> >
> > #+ATTR_LaTeX: :width 5cm :options angle=90
>
> The manual is up-to-date (sections about HTML and ODT export may lag
> a bit behind), but the URL isn't. In particular, see:
>
>   http://orgmode.org/org.html#LaTeX-specific-attributes
>
> > Very briefly, I think attributes that may be common to multiple backends
> > are now given as eg :width or :height (with no equals sign before the
> > value), while attributes that are rarer or likely backend-specific are
> > stuffed into one :options attribute, with the keys/values written more
> > literally.
>
> AFAIK, :options is specific to latex back-end. Common attributes are set
> the usual way, i.e. with ":attribute value" syntax. Though it's
> impossible to recognize them all. So :options is handy to add raw
> arguments.
>
> Anyway, all attributes should be documented in the manual.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>
>


-- 
Sincerely yours,
-- Daniil