Johan Ekh <ekh.jo...@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks for your answer Suvayu!
>
> Sorry for being unclear. What I mean is that when I write reports or
> papers using org-mode and latex exporter it is natural
> to take care in storing my image files in a structured way on my disk
> and use links in org-mode to incorporate the images
> in my latex document. These image files will live on my disk more or
> less forever.
>
> But if I write a note or some guide for myself regarding usage of some
> software, or the settings in my router, I would like
> to take a series of screenshots, quickly incorporate them into an org
> file together with some text without having to rename
> the screenshots with suitable names and organize them on my disk etc.
> I'd like org-mode to store the images somewhere
> in a data directory as an attachment, but of course I'd like the
> screenshots to be incorporated in the pdf-file when I export it.
I don't understand why org-attachments are not good enough for your use
case? (info "(org)Attachments")
Especially if you're using
(setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))
for conveniently accessing your data...
Dieter
> Is this possible?
>
> BR / Johan
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Suvayu Ali
> <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Johan,
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Johan Ekh wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > How can I include attached image files in my pdf-file which is
> generated by
> > the latex exporter.
>
>
> Short answer: not possible.
>
>
> > I know how to work with links but what if I want to
> > quickly attach files and then delete the files from my hard disk
> and only
> > have them as attachments in my org-file?
>
>
> If you delete a file from the disk, attaching it won't help
> either. Org
> files are plain text, attachments are also stored as references.
> It
> would help us understand better if you could elaborate a bit on
> what is
> your eventual goal?
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>
>
>
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Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt
Germany
