Re: [Docutils-users] image crop

[Terry B. <ter...@ya...>]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 07:57:10 +0000 (UTC)
Guenter Milde <mi...@us...> wrote:

> On 2015-08-04, JENNIFER ITO wrote:
> 
> > [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding:  --]
> 
> > Hello!
> 
> > I'm new to reStructuredText and am wondering if there is a way to
> > crop an image/figure.  I looked at the docutils directives webpage
> > and found the options for images but do not see anything that would
> > crop an image.  Is it not possible or is there a work-around?  Any
> > help is appreciated.
> 
> This is not supported, you must use an external editor and create a
> cropped copy. 
> (Is cropping supported by HTML? Otherwise you would need a cropped
> copy of the image anyway -- at least for HTML output.)

Images can be cropped in HTML when using them as CSS specified
backgrounds for divs etc.  Sometime when you look at the resources a
page is downloading all its icons are in a strip in one image (saving
on network traffic), and it crops them to suit different places on the
page.

Cheers -Terry

> You may consider filing an enhancement request or discuss possible
> implementations first here on the list.
> 
> Günter
> 
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