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

[Dan Hitt]

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:
>
> On 2017-12-02, at 21:31, Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>
> --
> Marcin Borkowski

Hi Marcin,

You are very nice, but what is a 'source block'?

Is this like cdata in html?

dan