From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: [babel] create tikz pictures in an floating LaTeX environment Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:13:55 -0400 Message-ID: <6991.1317996835@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51009) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RCBBf-0005Yr-7y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:14:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RCBBZ-0002NX-1r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:14:07 -0400 Received: from g5t0007.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.44]:34938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RCBBY-0002N8-Sp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:14:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Torsten Wagner of "Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:02:07 +0900." List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Torsten Wagner Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Org Mode Mailing List Torsten Wagner wrote: > Hi all, > Hi Eric (hehehe because most likely you read it ;) ) > > I try for the first time to write an entire article in org-mode. > I do so, because with the tags :export: :noexport: I can easily keep > my personal notes and todos "hidden" and the final export will be just > what I want to publish. > Furthermore, I'm interested to do my data evaluation in python blocks > within the org-file itself, keeping all nicely together. > > At the moment I try to add a tikz picture to the manuscript. I > followed the example at > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-LaTeX.html > However, I have some problems. I can generate the picture by using the > following code. > > #+srcname: mypicture > #+begin_src latex :file fig/mypicture.pdf :packages '(("" "tikz")) > :border 1em :fit > \begin{tikzpicture}[line width=1pt,text centered, inner sep = 2] > \draw[fill=red!50] (0,0) rectangle ++(5,1); > \draw[fill=yellow!50] (1,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25); > \draw[fill=yellow!50] (3,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25); > \draw[fill=green!50] (0.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4); > \draw[fill=green!50] (2.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4); > \end{scope} > \end{tikzpicture} > #+end_src > > Now, I want to include this in a floating figure environment > This troubles me a bit. > I tried to make a second latex src block which includes the > environment and an \includegraphic pointing to the generated pdf file. > However, I always find a link of the filename in addtion. I guess this > is the result of the first (above) source code block. The pdf contains > a line similar like > [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf ]] > ``:results output silent'' should suppress that I think. Nick > I switched over to use the org-mode way of including a figure and > replaced the latex second src code block by > > #+CAPTION: my great picture > #+LABEL: fig:my_picture > #+ATTR_LaTeX: > [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf]] > > This worked out too and was identically to the fist approach, however, > there was still the result line in the output. > I tried to add exports: none and volia the line was gone. However, > the source code block was not exported at all and hence the picture > not updated at all (it simply used the old generated pdf) > > I tried to be ueber-smart and replaced the static link > [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf]] > by > #+call: mypicture > in the hope it would be executed and result in > [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf]] > finally getting the same like with the static link. However, this did > not work out at all. No figure. > > Could someone help me to sort this out. Ideally, I would like to do a > rather logical combination and end up with the following: > > #+CAPTION: my great picture > #+LABEL: fig:my_picture > #+ATTR_LaTeX: > #+srcname: mypicture > #+begin_src latex :file fig/mypicture.pdf :packages '(("" "tikz")) > :border 1em :fit > \begin{tikzpicture}[line width=1pt,text centered, inner sep = 2] > \draw[fill=red!50] (0,0) rectangle ++(5,1); > \draw[fill=yellow!50] (1,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25); > \draw[fill=yellow!50] (3,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25); > \draw[fill=green!50] (0.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4); > \draw[fill=green!50] (2.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4); > \end{scope} > \end{tikzpicture} > #+end_src > > avoiding to call/type the filename/link over and over again. > > Thanks for helping > > Torsten >