Re: List of figures

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

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Maybe I am missing something, what would the utility of #+toc: figures be?
Is it only for export?

I would make a link:  [[elisp:org-list-of-figures]] where
org-list-of-figures is an emacs-lisp function that would parse the buffer
and present you with a list of clickable links to the figures. You could
alternatively make this a new org-link, so you could also specify how it
exports, eg.

[[lof:click-me][List of Figures]]

That would be pure org-markup, and make org more useful, and it would also
happen to support LaTeX export too. I guess you would recognize figures as
extensions in the file links.


John

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

> Aloha Nicolas,
>
> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
> >
> >> I can imagine that a list of figures is a difficult problem in some
> >> other back-ends.  However, its absence in LaTeX export seems unusual.
> >
> > Org doesn't cover all LaTeX facilities. There are #+LATEX:
> > and #+BEGIN_LATEX...#+END_LATEX to fill the gap.
> >
> >> Would it make sense to have this work as expected for LaTeX export (and
> >> perhaps other back-ends where it does make sense)
> >
> > We can start to discuss what a good implementation could be for major
> > back-ends. But implementing it for LaTeX only is, IMO, not worth the
> > trouble:
> >
> >   #+toc: figures
> >
> > vs.
> >
> >   #+latex: \listoffigures
>
> AFAICT the new exporter works flawlessly.  I'm confident that it will
> let me produce LaTeX to any practical specification.
>
> My original query came about because I was trying to write Org markup
> and *not* drop down to LaTeX.  In this context--Org as a lightweight
> markup language--the possibility of creating all but one of the
> "lists-of" with #+TOC: seems like the markup language core is missing a
> piece.
>
> I look forward to the discussion of implementations for the major
> back-ends. Let me know if I can help in any way.
>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
>
>

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