Karthik Chikmagalur <[email protected]> writes: >>> If it follows org-latex-preview-cache, then there is no way to specify >>> :image-dir specifically for HTML exports separately from the LaTeX >>> preview storage directory. IIRC this was a problem with the old system. >> >> True, but now we decoupled `org-preview-latex-image-directory' and >> `org-latex-preview-cache', so that's no longer a problem. > > But the old behavior is undesirable, why continue it?
Purely for backwards compatibility. > Suppose we have > > (setq org-latex-preview-cache "~/org/ltximg/") ;absolute path > > Then the value of org-preview-latex-image-directory is also this, since > it's an alias. It is not an alias in the latest version of the code, I think: (make-obsolete-variable 'org-preview-latex-image-directory "Use `org-latex-preview-cache' instead." "10.0") > Now > 1. :image-dir in org-html-latex-image-options is not respected. > 2. The user might want to specify a different image store for HTML > exports, but can't without changing org-latex-preview-cache. org-latex-preview-cache should have no effect indeed (see the above) -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode maintainer, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
