Re: vertical shifting of inline images

[Gavin Smith]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 8:21 AM Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
> * Another optional argument to @image
>
>     @image{FILENAME[, WIDTH[, HEIGHT[, ALTTEXT[, EXTENSION[, OFFSET]]]]]}
>
>   to vertically offset an inline image relative to the vertical origin
>   as set by `@imagevertorigin`.  OFFSET overrides the global vertical
>   offset set by `@imagevertoffset`.

Another argument to @image might be the way to go but I've got limited
interest in thinking about language changes until at least after the
next release, whenever that happens.

If you could explain what the use case was for an image inserted
inside text, I might try to see if it could be achieved in TeX using a
@macro.