Re: Latex image placement (...again. H vs. h!)

[Ista Zahn <izahn@psych.rochester.edu>]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Stefan Nobis <stefan-ml@snobis.de> wrote:
>> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Was just rediscovering how to properly get floats to drop in where I
>>> want them in LaTeX export (right where I say vs. where LaTeX thinks
>>> is convenient).
>>
>> Another way to tackle this problem may be to just not use floats. As
>> the name suggests, these construct is meant to let things float. :)
>>
>> If you want a figure or table to be placed at exactly the point where
>> you place it, why are you using a float environment? Most people
>> answer at this point, because they want the captions and all examples
>> with captions use the float environment. Thats because with captions
>> and in the general case it makes sense to let LaTeX find the right
>> place for these things.
>
> Huh. I didn't realize the captions triggered something than just using
> [[./path/to/image]] with attr_latex options passed. I just duplicated
> the same section and removed all captions as well as placement=[H]
> options and they exported right where I would have wanted them. That's
> interesting -- learned something new!
>
>>
>> If you want exact, controlled placements and also a caption, have a
>> look at the package 'caption' (version 3.1, author Axel
>> Sommerfeldt). Then you can get rid of floats and don't have to bother
>> with obscure placement rules. :)
>
> I'll definitely take a look at that. I may also just use descriptive
> intros prior to each picture, as that would do the same as a caption,
> I suppose. It's just weird to me that sometimes the floats don't drop
> until a later section, in which case I think that's definitely *too*
> late. Sure, if they dump at the end of Section 1.1, fine -- that's
> where they are discussed. But now they're showing up in 1.2?

The placeins package offers a solution to this problem.

Best,
Ista

>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>>
>> --
>> Until the next mail...,
>> Stefan.
>>
>
>



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Ista Zahn
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