Re: inline images in org-mode

[Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>]

Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:

> On 9/16/10 Sep 16 -7:11 AM, Dan Davison wrote:
>> Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
>> 
>>> I was looking for a way to put illustrations in my org-mode files so
>>> that I could actually look at them while editing the org stuff.  I found
>>> a post a while ago suggesting using iimage mode (which is included with
>>> the Aquamacs that I use, and is readily available if you don't have it
>>> with your emacs).
>> 
>> Hi Robert,
>> 
>> There's already org-display-inline-images, which iIrc uses overlays
>> rather than the text properties used by iimage. Does your route offer
>> advantages over this?
>
> Nope.  Just didn't know it was there.  It's not in the manual (if I get
> a chance, I'll try to write up a patch, or maybe someone else can);

Right, good catch. Someone needs to add it.

> the
> only thing I found on inline images was about export to HTML.  So then I
> googled, and found the material on iimage only, not o-d-i-i.
>
> Actually, having said that, on Aquamacs, o-d-i-i doesn't seem to work
> well.  For reasons I'm too ignorant to explain, o-d-i-i causes the
> images to flash repeatedly, instead of simply being displayed....

Hmm, I don't think this is a good guess, but if you're using
org-indent-mode does turning it off help?