Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Hi everyone. >> [...] What is the best way to make diagrams and >> images? [...] > Depends, what kind of images you are talking about. [...] Agreed 200%. Detail: if your result is vector like (not like a photo, but more like a graph), you can export to pdf and include the pdf as it is. It works perfectly directly for inside org. Also, if your pdfs have raster images on them, check this great script for compression: http://www.tjansson.dk/2012/04/compressing-pdfs-using-ghostscript-under-linux/ Best... -- eduardo mercovich Donde se cruzan tus talentos con las necesidades del mundo, ahí está tu vocación.
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Hi,
I'm using the following header, which lets me export to PDF and HTML,
both (basically from here:
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-LaTeX.html).
#+header: :exports results :file fsa.png
#+header: :imagemagick yes :iminoptions -density 600 :imoutoptions
-geometry 1200
#+header: :fit yes :noweb yes :headers '("\\usepackage{tikz}")
#+begin_src latex :exports results :results raw :file fsa.png
(and no #+Results line, but I don't know if this matters)
Also, regarding the babel I use the following to map source blocks to
"supported" LaTeX listings languages:
Add “text” and “conf” to =latex-listings-langs= with empty (space as a
trick) language name to be used in the LaTeX listings package.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(add-to-list 'org-latex-listings-langs
'(text " "))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-listings-langs
'(conf " "))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-listings-langs
'(nxml "XML"))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-listings-langs
'(org " "))
Best regards
On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:48:52 -0400
Peter Davis wrote:
> Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
> It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
> example, using the example here:
>
> http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
>
> #+begin_src latex :exports results :results output raw :file
> images/fsa.png
> % Define block styles
> \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
> \tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
> fill=blue!25]
> \tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
> fill=red!25]
>
> \begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node
> distance=2.8cm, semithick]
> \node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
> \node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
> \node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
> \path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
> (2) edge node {b} (3)
> (2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
> (3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
> \end{tikzpicture}
> #+end_src
>
>
> I get:
>
> org-babel-exp process latex at line 6...
> executing Latex code block...
> org-latex-compile: PDF file
> c:/Users/pdavis/AppData/Local/Temp/orgtex5448hGP.pdf wasn’t produced
>
> I've got ImageMagick installed. I don't know how to debug this.
>
>
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
That is probably because with minted you have to modify how the pdf is built to use pdflatex -shell-escape. The variable org-latex-pdf-process controls this. Peter Davis writes: > Ok, my problem was that the minted package was causing errors. Taking > that out lets me generate pdf. > > Now to figure out how to generate other formats, to work with HTML and > LaTeX/PDF output. > > Thanks, all!! > > -pd -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
That implies you have not configured org-mode to include the tikz
package.
If you execute this block in a buffer does it work?
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(org-babel-do-load-languages
'org-babel-load-languages
'((emacs-lisp . t)
(python . t)
(ditaa . t)
(dot . t)
(plantuml . t)
(gnuplot . t)
(sh . t)
(org . t)
(latex . t)))
(setq org-latex-packages-alist
(quote (("" "color" t)
("" "minted" t)
("" "parskip" t)
("" "tikz" t
(setq org-latex-create-formula-image-program 'imagemagick)
#+END_SRC
Peter Davis writes:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 01:59 PM, John Kitchin wrote:
>> I tried this, and it worked for me. Check *Messages* for things like:
>> Failed to create dvi file from
>> /var/folders/5q/lllv2yf95hg_n6h6kjttbmdwgn/T/orgtex93386BIQ.tex
>>
>> if you see that try manually building the tex file to see if there are
>> LaTeX issues.
>>
>
> Thanks, John. Just running pdflatex from the command line gives me:
>
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.36 \tikz
> [remember picture]\node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {};
>
> So perhaps TikZ itself is not available to some part of this.
>
> Thanks,
> -pd
--
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Ok, my problem was that the minted package was causing errors. Taking that out lets me generate pdf. Now to figure out how to generate other formats, to work with HTML and LaTeX/PDF output. Thanks, all!! -pd -- Peter Davis www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Peter Davis wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 03:25 PM, Clément Pit--Claudel wrote:
>> On 2016-10-06 15:10, Peter Davis wrote:
>> >> > (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist
>> >> > '(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
>> >> >("" "color" t)
>> >> >("" "minted" t)
>> >> >("" "parskip" t)
>> >> >("" "tikz" t)))
>>
Maybe I'm dense, but why is everyone recommending changing the alist?
Granted, for future proofing and convenience this is nice... but I do
a fair amount with TikZ and have never done this.
~/org/aux/setupfile.org contains:
#+latex_header: \usepackage{tikz}
#+latex_header: \usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz}
#+latex_header: \usetikzlibrary{shapes, positioning}
any given .org file contains:
#+setupfile: "~/org/aux/setupfile.org"
I modified your original aim like so, ditching the .png output which
looks like requires imagemagick. Maybe that's in org somehow, but when
you're just starting out I'd suggest eliminating as many other
mechanisms as possible. TikZ is in LaTeX, so just stick to pdf at the
start. This works for me.
#+latex_header: \usepackage{tikz}
#+latex_header: \usetikzlibrary{shapes, positioning}
* test
#+begin_src latex :results raw
% Define block styles
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
\tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=blue!25]
\tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=red!25]
\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node
distance=2.8cm, semithick]
\node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
\node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
\node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
\path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
(2) edge node {b} (3)
(2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
(3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
#+end_src
John
>> This looks wrong. You're adding a single list to
>> org-latex-package-alist, instead of adding multiple elements one-by-one.
>>
>
> Ok, I tried changing it to:
>
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("AUTO" "inputenc" t))
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "color" t))
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "minted" t))
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "parskip" t))
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "tikz"))
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "listingsutf8"))
>
> so now org-latex-packages-alist has the value
>
> (("" "listingsutf8")
> ("" "tikz")
> ("" "parskip" t)
> ("" "minted" t)
> ("" "color" t)
> ("AUTO" "inputenc" t))
>
> Still getting the failure on tikz output.
>
> Thanks!
> -pd
>
> --
> Peter Davis
> www.techcurmudgeon.com
>
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 03:25 PM, Clément Pit--Claudel wrote:
> On 2016-10-06 15:10, Peter Davis wrote:
> >> > (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist
> >> > '(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
> >> >("" "color" t)
> >> >("" "minted" t)
> >> >("" "parskip" t)
> >> >("" "tikz" t)))
>
> This looks wrong. You're adding a single list to
> org-latex-package-alist, instead of adding multiple elements one-by-one.
>
Ok, I tried changing it to:
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("AUTO" "inputenc" t))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "color" t))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "minted" t))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "parskip" t))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "tikz"))
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist '("" "listingsutf8"))
so now org-latex-packages-alist has the value
(("" "listingsutf8")
("" "tikz")
("" "parskip" t)
("" "minted" t)
("" "color" t)
("AUTO" "inputenc" t))
Still getting the failure on tikz output.
Thanks!
-pd
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Maybe a distraction from the discussion on graphing alternatives that can be embedded into the org/LaTeX code but I am pretty happy with the results I get from using Veusz. http://home.gna.org/veusz/ Adding to the confusion by adding a recommendation for a program I use to create numerical data from graphs: http://markummitchell.github.io/engauge-digitizer/ -- Martin Schöön
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On 2016-10-06 15:10, Peter Davis wrote:
>> > (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist
>> > '(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
>> >("" "color" t)
>> >("" "minted" t)
>> >("" "parskip" t)
>> >("" "tikz" t)))
This looks wrong. You're adding a single list to org-latex-package-alist,
instead of adding multiple elements one-by-one.
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Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 02:59 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Peter Davis writes:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 02:15 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> >> Peter Davis writes:
> >>
> >> > Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
> >> > It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
> >> > example, using the example here:
> >> >
> >> > http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
> >> >
> >>
> >> Did you add tikz to org-latex-packages-alist?
> >>
> >
> > I do have:
> >
> > (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist
> > '(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
> >("" "color" t)
> >("" "minted" t)
> >("" "parskip" t)
> >("" "tikz" t)))
> >
> > Any other setup work I need?
> >
>
> Yes, but have you executed that? What does C-h v org-latex-pacakges-alist
> RET say?
org-latex-packages-alist is a variable defined in ‘org.el’.
Its value is (("" "tikz")
("" "listingsutf8")
(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
("" "color" t)
("" "minted" t)
("" "parskip" t)
("" "tikz" t)))
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Peter Davis writes:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 02:15 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
>> Peter Davis writes:
>>
>> > Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
>> > It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
>> > example, using the example here:
>> >
>> > http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
>> >
>>
>> Did you add tikz to org-latex-packages-alist?
>>
>
> I do have:
>
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist
> '(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
>("" "color" t)
>("" "minted" t)
>("" "parskip" t)
>("" "tikz" t)))
>
> Any other setup work I need?
>
Yes, but have you executed that? What does C-h v org-latex-pacakges-alist RET
say?
--
Nick
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 02:15 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Peter Davis writes:
>
> > Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
> > It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
> > example, using the example here:
> >
> > http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
> >
>
> Did you add tikz to org-latex-packages-alist?
>
I do have:
(add-to-list 'org-latex-packages-alist
'(("AUTO" "inputenc" t)
("" "color" t)
("" "minted" t)
("" "parskip" t)
("" "tikz" t)))
Any other setup work I need?
Thanks!
-pd
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016, at 01:59 PM, John Kitchin wrote:
> I tried this, and it worked for me. Check *Messages* for things like:
> Failed to create dvi file from
> /var/folders/5q/lllv2yf95hg_n6h6kjttbmdwgn/T/orgtex93386BIQ.tex
>
> if you see that try manually building the tex file to see if there are
> LaTeX issues.
>
Thanks, John. Just running pdflatex from the command line gives me:
! Undefined control sequence.
l.36 \tikz
[remember picture]\node[coordinate,yshift=0.5em] (n1) {};
So perhaps TikZ itself is not available to some part of this.
Thanks,
-pd
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Peter Davis writes:
> Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
> It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
> example, using the example here:
>
> http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
>
Did you add tikz to org-latex-packages-alist?
> #+begin_src latex :exports results :results output raw :file
> images/fsa.png
> % Define block styles
> \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
> \tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
> fill=blue!25]
> \tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
> fill=red!25]
>
> \begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node
> distance=2.8cm, semithick]
> \node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
> \node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
> \node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
> \path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
> (2) edge node {b} (3)
> (2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
> (3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
> \end{tikzpicture}
> #+end_src
>
>
> I get:
>
> org-babel-exp process latex at line 6...
> executing Latex code block...
> org-latex-compile: PDF file
> c:/Users/pdavis/AppData/Local/Temp/orgtex5448hGP.pdf wasn’t produced
>
> I've got ImageMagick installed. I don't know how to debug this.
I always go back to straight LaTeX to debug such problems:
--8<---cut here---start->8---
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
\tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=blue!25]
\tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=red!25]
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node distance=2.8cm,
semithick]
\node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
\node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
\node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
\path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
(2) edge node {b} (3)
(2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
(3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End:
--8<---cut here---end--->8---
--
Nick
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
I tried this, and it worked for me. Check *Messages* for things like:
Failed to create dvi file from
/var/folders/5q/lllv2yf95hg_n6h6kjttbmdwgn/T/orgtex93386BIQ.tex
if you see that try manually building the tex file to see if there are
LaTeX issues.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(org-babel-do-load-languages
'org-babel-load-languages
'((emacs-lisp . t)
(python . t)
(ditaa . t)
(dot . t)
(plantuml . t)
(gnuplot . t)
(sh . t)
(org . t)
(latex . t)))
(setq org-latex-packages-alist
(quote (("" "color" t)
("" "minted" t)
("" "parskip" t)
("" "tikz" t
(setq org-latex-create-formula-image-program 'imagemagick)
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: imagemagick
#+begin_src latex :exports results :results output raw :file fsa.png
% Define block styles
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
\tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=blue!25]
\tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=red!25]
\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node
distance=2.8cm, semithick]
\node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
\node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
\node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
\path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
(2) edge node {b} (3)
(2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
(3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
[[file:fsa.png]]
Peter Davis writes:
> Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
> It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
> example, using the example here:
>
> http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
>
> #+begin_src latex :exports results :results output raw :file
> images/fsa.png
> % Define block styles
> \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
> \tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
> fill=blue!25]
> \tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
> fill=red!25]
>
> \begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node
> distance=2.8cm, semithick]
> \node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
> \node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
> \node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
> \path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
> (2) edge node {b} (3)
> (2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
> (3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
> \end{tikzpicture}
> #+end_src
>
>
> I get:
>
> org-babel-exp process latex at line 6...
> executing Latex code block...
> org-latex-compile: PDF file
> c:/Users/pdavis/AppData/Local/Temp/orgtex5448hGP.pdf wasn’t produced
>
> I've got ImageMagick installed. I don't know how to debug this.
--
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Since several people recommended TikZ, I decided to take a look at it.
It seems very powerful, but I'm unable to get any example to work. For
example, using the example here:
http://doblogit.com/posts/2015-10-23-org-graphics.html
#+begin_src latex :exports results :results output raw :file
images/fsa.png
% Define block styles
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
\tikzstyle{astate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=blue!25]
\tikzstyle{rstate} = [circle, draw, text centered, font=\footnotesize,
fill=red!25]
\begin{tikzpicture}[->,>=stealth', shorten >=1pt, auto, node
distance=2.8cm, semithick]
\node [astate] (1) at (0,0) {1};
\node [astate] (2) at (1,0) {2};
\node [rstate] (3) at (2,0) {3};
\path (1) edge [bend left] node {b} (2)
(2) edge node {b} (3)
(2) edge [bend left] node {a} (1)
(3) edge [loop above] node {(a, b)} (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
#+end_src
I get:
org-babel-exp process latex at line 6...
executing Latex code block...
org-latex-compile: PDF file
c:/Users/pdavis/AppData/Local/Temp/orgtex5448hGP.pdf wasn’t produced
I've got ImageMagick installed. I don't know how to debug this.
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Hello, Lawrence Bottorff writes: > I know lots of you use Emacs and org mode to prepare scholarly books and > papers, either doing the HTML or, more probably, the Latex > export. Question: Let's say I want to produce a math text with > Emacs/org-mode/Latex. What is the best way to make diagrams and > images? I've seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then there > is Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, > but the learning curve is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people > are using to do your images. > I'm very impressed by tikz and gnuplot. I use both of them inefficiently sometimes trying to understand some code here and there. There documentation are very good though. It would be great for a sabatical in my opinion. Because I didn't take the time to learn tikz and gnuplot, these days I mostly make graphics with R and ggplot2 though. The advantage is that in addition of the good documentation there is a quite a number of people using it so it more likely that some people have encountered your problem before or has a solution to your problem. So you can find solution more quickly I believe. Yet this is an easy way out because I think taking the time to learn how the stuff really works give you some perspective. Best regards, Jeremie
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 13:11, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: > I've seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then > there is Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, but the > learning curve is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people > are using to do your images. My data point: I use tikz for diagrams (sorry) and gnuplot for plots/graphs for all of my research publications. And for my lectures, but that's by the by, I guess. All in org, of course! Yes, tikz has a steep learning curve but there are so many examples available (e.g. http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/) that it is usually easy to get something reasonable unless you have very complex needs. There is also a WSYIWYG editor for tikz which I've never used... -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.1.1, Org release_8.3.6-1131-gd68497
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Honestly, the sky is the limit. I agree with what everyone else is saying, it depends on the diagram, your skill level, comfort level, etc. Personally, I export to HTML, not LaTeX, plus I'm more old-school. I just use Perl w/GD to make many of my images. The PNG export is easily viewed/inserted into my .org files and I can include the code in my .org files as well if I choose. Point is, any programming language can also be used to generate images as well. Ditaa, PlantUML, GnuPlot, etc, help do the job faster for specific types of data/drawings. Anything outside the box (no pun intended), you need something more "arbitrary" like LibreDraw, GD, etc. On 10/04/2016 06:54 AM, Peter Davis wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016, at 09:11 AM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: >> I know lots of you use Emacs and org mode to prepare scholarly books >> and papers, either doing the HTML or, more probably, the Latex >> export. Question: Let's say I want to produce a math text with >> Emacs/org-mode/Latex. What is the best way to make diagrams and >> images? I've seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then >> there is Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, but the >> learning curve is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people >> are using to do your images. > > I think it really depends on what kinds of diagrams and images you're > trying to use. I've been using embedded dot (GraphViz) diagrams with > org for a number of years, and I find it fantastically helpful for > things like graphs (nodes connected by arrows, optionally all > labelled), data structure diagrams, etc. ... the basic boxes and lines > kind of drawing. > > I also just discovered ditaa, which seems also good for boxes and > lines, but with more freedom (and more work to edit the input). > > I've also used PlantUML for modelling diagrams. > > I know others are using embedded R code to get data visualization > graphics automatically. > > This page gives some examples: > http://ehneilsen.net/notebook/orgExamples/org-examples.html. There > should be an authoritative page on graphics formats, but I'm not aware > of one. > > Most of these use separate packages to create the graphics, but there > are hooks in org to call the external programs and include the results > in the document. > > -pd > > -- > Peter Davis > www.techcurmudgeon.com >
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
2016-10-04 15:11 GMT+02:00 Lawrence Bottorff : > I know lots of you use Emacs and org mode to prepare scholarly books and > papers, either doing the HTML or, more probably, the Latex export. > Question: Let's say I want to produce a math text with > Emacs/org-mode/Latex. What is the best way to make diagrams and images? > I've seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then there is > Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, but the learning curve > is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people are using to do your > images. > Tikz (+stackoverflow to cut on the sabbatical year :-) ) most of the time. I'm not good at drawing with Inkscape. Emacs can be setup to preview tikz pictures in the Org buffer, which helps a lot. Fabrice
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016, at 09:11 AM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: > I know lots of you use Emacs and org mode to prepare scholarly books > and papers, either doing the HTML or, more probably, the Latex export. > Question: Let's say I want to produce a math text with Emacs/org- > mode/Latex. What is the best way to make diagrams and images? I've > seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then there is > Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, but the learning > curve is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people are using > to do your images. I think it really depends on what kinds of diagrams and images you're trying to use. I've been using embedded dot (GraphViz) diagrams with org for a number of years, and I find it fantastically helpful for things like graphs (nodes connected by arrows, optionally all labelled), data structure diagrams, etc. ... the basic boxes and lines kind of drawing. I also just discovered ditaa, which seems also good for boxes and lines, but with more freedom (and more work to edit the input). I've also used PlantUML for modelling diagrams. I know others are using embedded R code to get data visualization graphics automatically. This page gives some examples: http://ehneilsen.net/notebook/orgExamples/org-examples.html. There should be an authoritative page on graphics formats, but I'm not aware of one. Most of these use separate packages to create the graphics, but there are hooks in org to call the external programs and include the results in the document. -pd -- Peter Davis www.techcurmudgeon.com
Re: [O] Best diagram, image software?
Lawrence Bottorff writes: > I know lots of you use Emacs and org mode to prepare scholarly books > and papers, either doing the HTML or, more probably, the Latex > export. Question: Let's say I want to produce a math text with > Emacs/org-mode/Latex. What is the best way to make diagrams and > images? I've seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then > there is Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, but the > learning curve is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people > are using to do your images. Depends, what kind of images you are talking about. If they are data based (graphs, ...) I use R or GRASS (spatial data, GIS). For non-data driven images, I use tikz (conceptual models) or PlantUML [[http://plantuml.com/]] for different kinds of diagrams (uml, ...). Thank there is obviously Inkscape and Scribus and GIMP as well. Cheers, Rainer > > LB > -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainerkrugsde PGP: 0x0F52F982 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
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I make topology diagrams with yEd, and export to PDF for inclusion in my Latex PDF reports. On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 09:11:49AM -0400, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: > I know lots of you use Emacs and org mode to prepare scholarly books and > papers, either doing the HTML or, more probably, the Latex export. > Question: Let's say I want to produce a math text with > Emacs/org-mode/Latex. What is the best way to make diagrams and images? > I've seen things like Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw. But then there is > Gnuplot and Tikz. Yes, what Tikz does seems optimal, but the learning curve > is a year's sabbatical. Just wondering what you people are using to do your > images. > > LB -- Russell Adamsrlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint:1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3
