Re: want a file format easily edited and read by emacs that allows (multiple) pictures to be included

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2017-12-02, at 22:08, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:

> On 2017-12-02, at 21:31, Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The one aspect of org mode (or html) that is a sort of problem is that
>> the images it shows cannot exist in the file itself, but rather float
>> in the file system (or presumably served remotely over http).
>>
>> The problem here is breakage.  The image can get renamed or deleted,
>> and then the file.org is broken.
>>
>> That's why i would like something where the image is copied directly
>> into the file.
>
> I'm pretty sure you could embed the image in some kind of a source
> block, so that after executing it, the image file would appear in the
> current directory.  I could try to make a proof of concept tomorrow if
> you're interested.

OK, so here's my (quite simplistic, but apparently working well enough)
solution:

http://mbork.pl/2017-12-04_Embedding_files_in_Org-mode

Hth,

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Marcin Borkowski