Ink.el

Insert images in a document using Inkscape. By default, it creates a LaTeX fragment and inserts the pdf_tex file. On org-mode and markdown-mode, it inserts a png figure using the appropriate syntax. But you can change that behavior and insert a LaTeX fragment everywhere. You control the behaviour with the variables ink-insert-options and `ink-flags-options'.

You can insert a new figure at point using ink-make-figure or edit an existing figure or its associated TeX file with ink-edit-figure. The figure is added when you save your image and close Inkscape. By default the resulting images are saved in the figures subdirectory. So if your project is in ~/mytex, the images are saved in ~/mytex/figures. Of course, you can change that location, but please make sure that the path exists. This assumes you have Inkscape installed. And if you are using LaTeX, you should have \usepackage{import} in your preamble. This is pretty rough so use at your own risk.

Installation

With straight:

(straight-use-package '(ink :type git :host github :repo "foxfriday/ink"))

Troubleshooting

Missing Text

If your text doesn't show in the final document, you probably inserted flowed text. To make plain text you need to add the text with a single click in Inkscape instead of making a text box.

Unrecognized Flags

If you are working with an older version of Inkscape, you may need to make some changes to the flags used to convert the document, and the function used to make the command:

(setq ink-flags (list "--export-area-drawing"
                      "--export-dpi 300"
                      "--export-type=pdf"
                      "--export-latex"
                      "--export-overwrite"
                      "--export-pdf=%s"))

(defun ink-process-cmnd-092 (file flags)
  "Inkscape 0.92 export command"
  (let* ((pdf (concat (file-name-sans-extension file) ".pdf"))
         (nflags (format flags pdf)))
    (concat "inkscape" " " file " " nflags)))

(setq ink-process-cmnd 'ink-process-cmnd-092)