Re: Controlling image width and placement in Beamer export

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@syk.fi> writes:

> Greetings.
>
> I needed to create an Asymptote-generated centered image with a smaller
> width than the default .9\linewidth in a Beamer export. After trial and
> error I ended with the method shown below. In particular, to my surprise
> an
>
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :width 5cm
>
> _above_ the #+BEGIN_SRC did not work, so I had to place the line above
> #+RESULTS:
>
> Is the following the best way to do this, or is there a more concise
> method?
>
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------
> #+BEGIN_SRC asymptote :file triangle.pdf
>   size (8cm, 0);
>   pair A = (0, 0), B = (4, 1), C = (3, 2);
>   draw (A -- B -- C -- cycle);
> #+END_SRC
> #+LATEX: \begin{center}
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :width 5cm
> #+RESULTS:
> [[file:triangle.pdf]]
> #+LATEX: \end{center}
> # ---------------------------------------------------------------
>

My recommendation is to always name code blocks: then the corresponding results
blocks are named as well, tying the two together; subsequent evaluations
will just refresh the appropriate results block without introducincg new
results blocks. This is not as much of a problem as it used to be, but
naming code blocks is still a good guideline, imo.

Other than that, I think that's the best that you can do.

Nick