From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Andreas Leha <andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de>
Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: List of figures
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 10:13:48 -0500 [thread overview]
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No problem. I worked out a List of figures here:
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/03/02/Getting-a-list-of-figures-in-an-org-buffer/
John
-----------------------------------
John Kitchin
Associate Professor
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Andreas Leha <
andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> this is really nice! Thanks for sharing.
>
> - Andreas
>
> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > check out this implementation for tables:
> >
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/03/01/Getting-a-list-of-tables-in-an-org-buffer/
> >
> > John
> >
> > -----------------------------------
> > John Kitchin
> > Associate Professor
> > Doherty Hall A207F
> > Department of Chemical Engineering
> > Carnegie Mellon University
> > Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> > 412-268-7803
> > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
> >
> > Aloha John,
> >
> >
> > John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> >
> > > Maybe I am missing something, what would the utility of #+toc:
> > figures be?
> > > Is it only for export?
> >
> >
> > Yes, it is.
> >
> >
> > > I would make a link: [[elisp:org-list-of-figures]] where
> > > org-list-of-figures is an emacs-lisp function that would parse
> > the buffer
> > > and present you with a list of clickable links to the figures.
> > You could
> > > alternatively make this a new org-link, so you could also
> > specify how it
> > > exports, eg.
> > >
> > > [[lof:click-me][List of Figures]]
> >
> >
> > This is a neat idea. Thanks!
> >
> > All the best,
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > That would be pure org-markup, and make org more useful, and it
> > would also
> > > happen to support LaTeX export too. I guess you would recognize
> > figures as
> > > extensions in the file links.
> > >
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > John Kitchin
> > > Associate Professor
> > > Doherty Hall A207F
> > > Department of Chemical Engineering
> > > Carnegie Mellon University
> > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> > > 412-268-7803
> > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Aloha Nicolas,
> > >>
> > >> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
> > >>
> > >> > Hello,
> > >> >
> > >> > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
> > >> >
> > >> >> I can imagine that a list of figures is a difficult problem
> > in some
> > >> >> other back-ends. However, its absence in LaTeX export seems
> > unusual.
> > >> >
> > >> > Org doesn't cover all LaTeX facilities. There are #+LATEX:
> > >> > and #+BEGIN_LATEX...#+END_LATEX to fill the gap.
> > >> >
> > >> >> Would it make sense to have this work as expected for LaTeX
> > export (and
> > >> >> perhaps other back-ends where it does make sense)
> > >> >
> > >> > We can start to discuss what a good implementation could be
> > for major
> > >> > back-ends. But implementing it for LaTeX only is, IMO, not
> > worth the
> > >> > trouble:
> > >> >
> > >> > #+toc: figures
> > >> >
> > >> > vs.
> > >> >
> > >> > #+latex: \listoffigures
> > >>
> > >> AFAICT the new exporter works flawlessly. I'm confident that it
> > will
> > >> let me produce LaTeX to any practical specification.
> > >>
> > >> My original query came about because I was trying to write Org
> > markup
> > >> and *not* drop down to LaTeX. In this context--Org as a
> > lightweight
> > >> markup language--the possibility of creating all but one of the
> > >> "lists-of" with #+TOC: seems like the markup language core is
> > missing a
> > >> piece.
> > >>
> > >> I look forward to the discussion of implementations for the
> > major
> > >> back-ends. Let me know if I can help in any way.
> > >>
> > >> All the best,
> > >> Tom
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Thomas S. Dye
> > >> http://www.tsdye.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Maybe I am missing something, what would the utility of #+toc:
> > figures
> > > be? Is it only for export?
> > >
> > > I would make a link: [[elisp:org-list-of-figures]] where
> > > org-list-of-figures is an emacs-lisp function that would parse
> > the
> > > buffer and present you with a list of clickable links to the
> > figures.
> > > You could alternatively make this a new org-link, so you could
> > also
> > > specify how it exports, eg.
> > >
> > > [[lof:click-me][List of Figures]]
> > >
> > > That would be pure org-markup, and make org more useful, and it
> > would
> > > also happen to support LaTeX export too. I guess you would
> > recognize
> > > figures as extensions in the file links.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > John Kitchin
> > > Associate Professor
> > > Doherty Hall A207F
> > > Department of Chemical Engineering
> > > Carnegie Mellon University
> > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> > > 412-268-7803
> > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Aloha Nicolas,
> > >
> > > Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
> > > >
> > > >> I can imagine that a list of figures is a difficult problem
> > in
> > > some
> > > >> other back-ends. However, its absence in LaTeX export seems
> > > unusual.
> > > >
> > > > Org doesn't cover all LaTeX facilities. There are #+LATEX:
> > > > and #+BEGIN_LATEX...#+END_LATEX to fill the gap.
> > > >
> > > >> Would it make sense to have this work as expected for LaTeX
> > > export (and
> > > >> perhaps other back-ends where it does make sense)
> > > >
> > > > We can start to discuss what a good implementation could be
> > for
> > > major
> > > > back-ends. But implementing it for LaTeX only is, IMO, not
> > worth
> > > the
> > > > trouble:
> > > >
> > > > #+toc: figures
> > > >
> > > > vs.
> > > >
> > > > #+latex: \listoffigures
> > >
> > > AFAICT the new exporter works flawlessly. I'm confident that it
> > > will
> > > let me produce LaTeX to any practical specification.
> > >
> > > My original query came about because I was trying to write Org
> > > markup
> > > and *not* drop down to LaTeX. In this context--Org as a
> > > lightweight
> > > markup language--the possibility of creating all but one of the
> > > "lists-of" with #+TOC: seems like the markup language core is
> > > missing a
> > > piece.
> > >
> > > I look forward to the discussion of implementations for the
> > major
> > > back-ends. Let me know if I can help in any way.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thomas S. Dye
> > > http://www.tsdye.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Thomas S. Dye
> > http://www.tsdye.com
> >
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-22 23:28 List of figures Thomas S. Dye
2014-02-23 0:31 ` Rasmus
2014-02-23 17:26 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-02-23 14:18 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-02-23 17:54 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-02-26 13:50 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-02-26 16:37 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-02-28 1:55 ` John Kitchin
2014-02-28 3:00 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-03-01 23:22 ` John Kitchin
2014-03-02 8:13 ` Andreas Leha
2014-03-02 15:13 ` John Kitchin [this message]
2014-02-28 9:48 ` Rasmus
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