[Orgmode] Re: Wow -- adding images to an org file

[Baoqiu Cui]

"address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:

> I very much like the idea of native inline image display in Org-mode but  
> can't
> seem to make it work.
>
> Given a 6.36 snapshot or 6.36 release and these org file contents
>
> * Test image
> Test image
> [[Screenshot.png]]
>
>
> I hoped org would display that image after C-c C-x C-v. Rather Org-mode 
> returns
> "No images to display inline".
>
> I've tried different ways of linking that image, different image formats,
> relative vs complete paths, and my regular .emacs vs  a near empty one and
> always the same result. If I toggle iimage-mode the image displays fine per se
> but does not affect how Org-mode works.
>
> Seems clear I am missing something simple. What?

I like the idea of inline image display too, but hit the similar
problems.  After reading the code in org.el, I found that the inline
image file link has to start with either "file:" or "./".

For example, the following two links are OK:

   [[file:~/images/myImage.png]]
   [[./figures/org-mode-unicorn.svg]]

but the following two are not:

   [[Screenshot.png]]
   [[~/images/myImage.png]]

Here is a small patch that seems to work well for me, but I'd like
Carsten to check whether it may break anything:

diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 0381a26..5efc162 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -15502,7 +15502,7 @@ with a description part will be inlined."
   (interactive "P")
   (org-remove-inline-images)
   (goto-char (point-min))
-  (let ((re (concat "\\[\\[\\(file:\\|\\./\\)\\(~?" "[-+./_0-9a-zA-Z]+"
+  (let ((re (concat "\\[\\[\\(file:\\)?\\(~?" "[-+./_0-9a-zA-Z]+"
                    (substring (org-image-file-name-regexp) 0 -2)
                    "\\)\\]" (if include-linked "" "\\]")))
        file ov)

Regards,

-- 
Baoqiu