No problem. I worked out a List of figures here: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/03/02/Getting-a-list-of-figures-in-an-org-buffer/
John ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Associate Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Andreas Leha < andreas.l...@med.uni-goettingen.de> wrote: > Hi John, > > this is really nice! Thanks for sharing. > > - Andreas > > John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > > > check out this implementation for tables: > > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/03/01/Getting-a-list-of-tables-in-an-org-buffer/ > > > > John > > > > ----------------------------------- > > John Kitchin > > Associate Professor > > Doherty Hall A207F > > Department of Chemical Engineering > > Carnegie Mellon University > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > > 412-268-7803 > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: > > > > Aloha John, > > > > > > John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > > > > > Maybe I am missing something, what would the utility of #+toc: > > figures be? > > > Is it only for export? > > > > > > Yes, it is. > > > > > > > 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]] > > > > > > This is a neat idea. Thanks! > > > > All the best, > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > John Kitchin > > > Associate Professor > > > Doherty Hall A207F > > > Department of Chemical Engineering > > > Carnegie Mellon University > > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > > > 412-268-7803 > > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Aloha Nicolas, > > >> > > >> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> > > >> > Hello, > > >> > > > >> > t...@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 > > >> > > >> > > > 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 > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > John Kitchin > > > Associate Professor > > > Doherty Hall A207F > > > Department of Chemical Engineering > > > Carnegie Mellon University > > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > > > 412-268-7803 > > > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Aloha Nicolas, > > > > > > Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > t...@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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thomas S. Dye > > http://www.tsdye.com > > > > >
