Re: [Orgmode] :scale option in org-format-latex-options

[Carsten Dominik]

On Mar 14, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Dan Davison wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Mar 14, 2010, at 8:54 AM, David Maus wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dan,
> > >
> > > Dan Davison wrote:
> [...]
> > > > Is there any reason not to
> > > > make
> > > > a change like this?
> > >
> > > I see two problems: First we should find out what "x magnification"
> > > and "magstep" actually is and why the manual suggests using these
> > > "strange" standard numbers.  And second: At least dvipng shipped  
> > > with
> > > debian testing
> [...]
> > > does not have a -y option.
> >
> > I remember removing the option precise because some (newer?)
> > versions of dvipng do not have these options.  I believe you can  
> > use a
> > larger DPI to make the image larger.
>
> Ah, right, thanks David and Carsten, I see. What I thought was the
> effects of -x and -y was in fact the effect of the DPI option, which  
> is
> already set by :scale. So it was already working fine for my  
> purposes :)
>
> I think the following is a docstring typo (org-format-latex-options),
> right?
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index aa22309..e5d046e 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ This is a property list with the following  
> properties:
>              \"$\"      find math expressions surrounded by $...$
>              \"$$\"     find math expressions surrounded by $$....$$
>              \"\\(\"     find math expressions surrounded by \\(...\\)
> -             \"\\ [\"    find math expressions surrounded by \\ [... 
> \\]"
> +             \"\\[\"    find math expressions surrounded by \\[...\ 
> \]"
>   :group 'org-latex
>   :type 'plist)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


:-)  That definitely looks like a typo, but is is not.  Try to apply  
you patch and then look at the docstring using C-h v    :-)

\\[ .... ]  is treated special in docstrings.

If you find a way to do this without breaking the docstring, I'd love  
to hear about it.

- Carsten