Re: [O] [bug] new beamer exporter always adds default width to graphics

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi Aaron,

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 02:40:55PM -0400, Aaron Ecay wrote:
> Hi Suvayu,
> 
> 2013ko martxoak 12an, Suvayu Ali-k idatzi zuen:
> > I believe Nicolas mentioned sometime back the :width option is available
> > only for floats whereas :options is the only way for included graphics
> > files (because of how LaTeX works).  This addition is a bit inconsistent
> > with that line of thought.
> 
> I helped write this change, so that org could support kinds of graphics
> where the width is not specified by an options string, but rather by
> another means.  The new syntax is hopefully more consistent in the long
> run: one uses :width to set the width of anything.
> 
> Nicolas and I originally discussed a transition period where the default
> :width would not be inserted, but ultimately we decided to just go ahead
> with the change.  The new exporter is after all not yet stable, though
> thanks to the fantastic effort of the community it is continually
> improving.

That is understandable, but if the aim is to support other kinds of
graphics that support :width, I expect the change to not interfere with
graphics that do not support it.  I think there are two cases here:

1. the author targets the document for a specific backend that does not
   support :width

2. the author expects to export to multiple backends and wants to be as
   general as possible so uses and expects :width to work.

So now the question is, is it reasonable to expect the author in case
(1) is aware of this subtlety and use :width even though her/his backend
does not support it, or would it be better to handle these deficient
cases "specially" and help the author by not clobbering their :options
argument.

I hope I expressed myself clearly.

Cheers,

-- 
Suvayu

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