Re: Export attached image files

[Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>]

Johan Ekh <ekh.johan@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for your answer Suvayu!
>
> Sorry for being unclear. What I mean is that when I write reports or
> papers using org-mode and latex exporter it is natural 
> to take care in storing my image files in a structured way on my disk
> and use links in org-mode to incorporate the images
> in my latex document. These image files will live on my disk more or
> less forever.
>
> But if I write a note or some guide for myself regarding usage of some
> software, or the settings in my router, I would like
> to take a series of screenshots, quickly incorporate them into an org
> file together with some text without having to rename
> the screenshots with suitable names and organize them on my disk etc.
> I'd like org-mode to store the images somewhere
> in a data directory as an attachment, but of course I'd like the
> screenshots to be incorporated in the pdf-file when I export it. 

I don't understand why org-attachments are not good enough for your use
case? (info "(org)Attachments")

Especially if you're using

(setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))

for conveniently accessing your data...

    Dieter

> Is this possible?
>
> BR / Johan
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Suvayu Ali
> <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi Johan,
>     
>     
>     On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Johan Ekh wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     > How can I include attached image files in my pdf-file which is
>     generated by
>     > the latex exporter.
>     
>     
>     Short answer: not possible.
>     
>     
>     > I know how to work with links but what if I want to
>     > quickly attach files and then delete the files from my hard disk
>     and only
>     > have them as attachments in my org-file?
>     
>     
>     If you delete a file from the disk, attaching it won't help
>     either. Org
>     files are plain text, attachments are also stored as references.
>     It
>     would help us understand better if you could elaborate a bit on
>     what is
>     your eventual goal?
>     
>     Cheers,
>     
>     --
>     Suvayu
>     
>     Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>     
>
>

-- 
Best wishes

H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt
Germany