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Questions tagged [images]

for Emacs support (edit, display, etc.) of images (e.g., jpeg, png, svg). For questions about image metadata, use the tag 'image-mode.

Displaying image (i.e. picture) files such as GIF, PNG, JPEG, PostScript, SVG, etc. in Emacs.

Emacs has extensive support for images for displaying, editing, searching, file management, image caching, etc. If Emacs was compiled with support for the ImageMagick library, it can use ImageMagick to render a wide variety of images. For thumbnails, Emacs uses the Image-Dired package.

Emacs has a separate for editing images and image metadata.

Unrelated to and is the , which is for editing ASCII art, tables, and aligning text columns.

Use the appropriate combination of tags, and describe which image operations or packages, if any, pertain to your question.

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Recording a GIF screencast of Emacs

I see lots of folks posting animated GIF's showing off Emacs features, but I haven't seen a nice walk through on creating one. Is there any code that tries to link the keyframes of the gif to keypresses in Emacs? Is there any elisp packages or…
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Display PDF images in org-mode

Note: This question was asked here before, with no success. Org-mode’s ability to display inline images is fantastic for writing my weekly scientific reports. I can include graphs, link them with their data, link with the conclusions, and really…
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Smooth (mouse) scroll for inline images?

I display images in-line with begin_src & result blocks. However, for large-images, when I scroll past the bottom of the image, I get a 'jerk' and the whole image is scrolled away. Similarly if I scroll up and run into an image, I get a jerk and see…
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Shrink/Zoom/Scale images in image-mode

With Emacs' doc-view-mode I can easily shrink/zoom/etc PDFs, however, I would like to be able to do the same thing with images. Currently when I open an image I cannot adjust the zoom level to fit it to the frame. I know there is…
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Inline SVG's in org-mode?

I can see many image formats in orgmode, but not SVG. I get the error Invalid image type 'svg' when I run org-display-inline-images. It should be possible given this question exists:…
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How can I toggle displaying images in eww without a page refresh?

I use eww to browse the internet and more often than not I do not want images to load, there doesn't seem to be much in terms of customizations built in for eww and none dealing with images. Currently I have a system setup that allows me to start…
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Downscaling inline images in org-mode

I used to be able to scale down an inline image in org-mode with #+attr_html: :width 650 px [[file:~/org/def/202a3-9.jpeg]] But now it doesn't work anymore, presumably because of an update to 8.3.5. What to do?
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org mode inline image display size

I wish to display org mode inline image (in emacs) with width 400 but actually it always show it as original size. My steps as below: Install ImageMagick with below command: sudo port install imagemagick Install emacs with below command: brew…
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Create image links in org-mode

I want to create clickable image links in org-mode. This would be equivalent to: Currently, I can display inline image previews just fine, with [[path-to-image]] followed by…
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Default Inline Image Background in Org Mode

When an image has a transparent background, Emacs of course respects that. Unfortunately, this can lead to issues with display: Is there a way to display a specific color (e.g. white) behind the image? There appears to be some support for it in…
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Org mode: is it possible to display ONLINE images?

Assuming I want to have an org buffer in which I can preview images from url which I don't want to store on my hard drive - is there a possibility to use a solution similar to org links and display images functions? I know I can use…
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Can I use an image in my modeline lighter?

My modeline is cluttered. Can I make it display pictures instead of mode names? I could use unicode Emoji (such as for Python or for Coq), but some machines on which I use my Emacs config do not have the right fonts pre-installed (ideally, I'd…
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In org-mode, how to always display inline images at Emac's startup?

On Emacs (Mac) I have saved a desktop which opens two .org files (one of this has an image - jpg) and whenever I open up Emacs, I have to always type y to: display /route/to/image/Logo.jpg? (y or n) How can I make y the default? Haven't found a way…
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How can I draw pixel- or vector-based UI elements in Emacs?

With that I mean UI elements (for example text fields and animated buttons) that are not restricted to the monospaced character grid of terminal emulators, but can be arbitrary shapes at arbitrary pixel positions on the screen. I’m simply curious…
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orgmode image export side by side to both latex and html

In org export, I want to place two images side by side. I want them to be side by side in both LaTeX export and HTML export. In the example below, the first pair works for LaTeX and the second pair for HTML but not both. #+NAME: a #+BEGIN_SRC dot…
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