From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dieter Wilhelm Subject: Re: Export attached image files Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:42:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87li3wr10n.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> References: <20130819110355.GA2147@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40981) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBlJu-0003HO-K9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:46:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBlJm-00056T-48 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:45:58 -0400 Received: from mail-bk0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:4008:c01::22e]:56728) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBlJl-000565-Tu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:45:50 -0400 Received: by mail-bk0-f46.google.com with SMTP id 6so134517bkj.5 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2013 05:45:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Johan Ekh's message of "Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:34:06 +0200") 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: Johan Ekh Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Johan Ekh 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 > 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