Torsten Wagner <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Hi Eric (hehehe because most likely you read it ;) )
>
> I try for the first time to write an entire article in org-mode.
> I do so, because with the tags :export: :noexport: I can easily keep
> my personal notes and todos "hidden" and the final export will be just
> what I want to publish.
> Furthermore, I'm interested to do my data evaluation in python blocks
> within the org-file itself, keeping all nicely together.
>
> At the moment I try to add a tikz picture to the manuscript. I
> followed the example at
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-LaTeX.html
> However, I have some problems. I can generate the picture by using the
> following code.
>
> #+srcname: mypicture
> #+begin_src latex :file fig/mypicture.pdf :packages '(("" "tikz"))
> :border 1em :fit
> \begin{tikzpicture}[line width=1pt,text centered, inner sep = 2]
> \draw[fill=red!50] (0,0) rectangle ++(5,1);
> \draw[fill=yellow!50] (1,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25);
> \draw[fill=yellow!50] (3,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25);
> \draw[fill=green!50] (0.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4);
> \draw[fill=green!50] (2.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4);
> \end{scope}
> \end{tikzpicture}
> #+end_src
>
> Now, I want to include this in a floating figure environment
> This troubles me a bit.
> I tried to make a second latex src block which includes the
> environment and an \includegraphic pointing to the generated pdf file.
> However, I always find a link of the filename in addtion. I guess this
> is the result of the first (above) source code block. The pdf contains
> a line similar like
> [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf ]]
>
``:results output silent'' should suppress that I think.
Nick
> I switched over to use the org-mode way of including a figure and
> replaced the latex second src code block by
>
> #+CAPTION: my great picture
> #+LABEL: fig:my_picture
> #+ATTR_LaTeX:
> [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf]]
>
> This worked out too and was identically to the fist approach, however,
> there was still the result line in the output.
> I tried to add exports: none and volia the line was gone. However,
> the source code block was not exported at all and hence the picture
> not updated at all (it simply used the old generated pdf)
>
> I tried to be ueber-smart and replaced the static link
> [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf]]
> by
> #+call: mypicture
> in the hope it would be executed and result in
> [[file:fig/mypicture.pdf]]
> finally getting the same like with the static link. However, this did
> not work out at all. No figure.
>
> Could someone help me to sort this out. Ideally, I would like to do a
> rather logical combination and end up with the following:
>
> #+CAPTION: my great picture
> #+LABEL: fig:my_picture
> #+ATTR_LaTeX:
> #+srcname: mypicture
> #+begin_src latex :file fig/mypicture.pdf :packages '(("" "tikz"))
> :border 1em :fit
> \begin{tikzpicture}[line width=1pt,text centered, inner sep = 2]
> \draw[fill=red!50] (0,0) rectangle ++(5,1);
> \draw[fill=yellow!50] (1,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25);
> \draw[fill=yellow!50] (3,1) rectangle ++(1,0.25);
> \draw[fill=green!50] (0.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4);
> \draw[fill=green!50] (2.75,1) rectangle ++(1.5,-0.4);
> \end{scope}
> \end{tikzpicture}
> #+end_src
>
> avoiding to call/type the filename/link over and over again.
>
> Thanks for helping
>
> Torsten
>
