Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:27 amPost
Hello !Is it possible to automatically insert the file name of an image as a caption ?Thank's for your help !
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Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:32 pmPost
This could be accomplished with some creative use of Scrivener’s placeholder and replacement system. Images can be referred to with placeholders, such as in the following example, where the image is named “Libraries of the World” in the Binder:
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<$img:Libraries of the World>
We can make things easier for ourselves with Compile Replacements. These are basically just search and replace directives that run during compile, without altering the original text. One thing they can do is “capture” variable text and then use that text in the replacement value. Here is an example that would ease typing in the above:
Replace: <$@>
With: <$img:$@>
The $@ is special, it means Scrivener should just start storing text as it scans to the right, until it finds the character following—in this case, “>”. We can then use that same token to print whatever was stored in the replacement. <Salt Mines> becomes <$img:Salt Mines> when you compile, which in turn triggers Scrivener to look for a picture named “Salt Mines” in the Binder and insert the first one it finds by that name into the text.
Now all you have to do is extend that principle further to also print a caption. Using the above Replace string, we can alter the With string to:
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<$img:$@>
Fig. <$n:figure>. $@
When compiled, this will result in: