Re: Export LaTeX command inside figure environment

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.online>]

Aloha Max,

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 08/05/2022 07:30, Juan Manuel Macías wrote:
>> Thomas S. Dye writes:
>> 
>>> Is there a way to add an arbitrary LaTeX command between
>>> \begin{figure} ... \end{figure} during LaTeX export?  I want 
>>> to end up
>>> with the following snippet, but can't figure out how to slip 
>>> in
>>> \setfloatalignment{b}.  \begin{figure}[htb]
>>> \centering
>>> \includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{hilbertcurves.pdf}
>>> \caption[Hilbert curves]{\label{fig:orgparagraph1} Hilbert 
>>> curves of
>>> various degrees \emph{n}.}
>>> \setfloatalignment{b}
>>> \end{figure}
>> I think the :caption attribute could do the trick (of course 
>> everything
>> must be on one line):
>> #+ATTR_LaTeX: :caption \caption[Hilbert
>>   curves]{\label{fig:orgparagraph1} Hilbert curves of various 
>>   degrees
>>   \emph{n}.}\setfloatalignment{b}
>
> Would it work if \setfloatalignment{b} is added before 
> \includegraphics?  From
> my point of view, it is still a hack due to abusing the 
> :placement attribute,
> but it is backend agnostic, so reuses caption for HTML and 
> relieves requirement
> of single long line:
>
> #+caption[Hilbert curves]: Hilbert curves of various degrees 
> \(n\)
> #+name: orgparagraph1
> #+attr_latex: :placement [b]\setfloatalignment{b}
> [[file:hilbertcurves.pdf]]
>
> # Local Variables:
> # org-latex-prefer-user-labels: t
> # End:
>
> P.S. Math and absence of period are intentional. I never used 
> tufte, so unsure
> if something besides b is meaningful with \setfloatalignment{b}. 
> I dropped "ht"
> to make inconsistency apparent and expecting that when figures 
> are moved to the
> end of document, "ht" should be used instead with removing of
> \setfloatalignment.

Yes, this works, too.  It is a convenient hack. Thanks!

It would be better to have a LaTeX attribute, say :commands, that 
places commands within \begin{figure} ... \end{figure}.

I'm circling back to Tufte handouts for a course I'm offering in 
the Fall.  It is great that ox-latex has the flexibility to export 
to tufte-latex now.  I haven't prepared any handouts yet, but all 
the pieces seem to work in a straightforward way.  Org-cite is 
performing like a champ, too!

All the best,
Tom
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Thomas S. Dye
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