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
>