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Reputation: 760

In org-mode, how do I keep the original path to images when using #+INCLUDE:?

I can use:

#+INCLUDE:

to include an org file in another org file, which allows me to assemble, say, a website from various org files. I'm exporting from the C-c C-e exporter in org-mode 7.5.

I could maintain a quite complex publication this way. This modular approach is quite common in, e.g. LaTeX and Texinfo publications.

However, links to images no longer work from the #+INCLUDEd org files. What seems to be happening is that the path to the images is taken as being from the org file that I am exporting from, rather than the actual org file that references the image.

The only ways I can see to resolve this are to:

Neither of these is really sustainable.

How do I tell org to use the correct image path from its own relevant org file rather than the parent org file?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 791

Answers (1)

Jonathan Leech-Pepin
Jonathan Leech-Pepin

Reputation: 7884

From what I know of the exporter, INCLUDE files are inserted into the document before export. Therefore the content is part of the document before it starts following paths to reach any links to files (images).

After a bit of testing you likely will need to use absolute file paths. Since you move between Windows and Linux your best bet would be to use a consistent scheme on both starting from your home directory.

Like that you can make the Org link: [[~/path/to/image.jpg]], which will work on both systems (assuming you have set %HOME% on Windows).

Option 1 is potentially an alternative (although I agree it wouldn't be ideal at all), whereas the second option would have obvious pitfalls if you INCLUDE the file in more than one future document.

Upvotes: 1

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