Randolph Bertin wrote:
I am typesetting books, primarily text and images. My original
background is Quark/InDesign, but quite recently, I decided to look
into TeX/LaTeX (LaTeX because that is just what most of the TeX
references refer to). I first spent some time trying to learn LaTeX
and although I was able to accomplish a number of my desired goals, I
began to run into some problems related to maintaining text on a
baseline grid. When searching for solutions, I came across a reference
to ConTeXt. My first impressions are that ConTeXt looks great, and
would handle most of what I would like to accomplish with a nice
uniform approach. I haven't explored many of the features I will need
to use, but am trying to read the manuals and listserv archives and
basically trying things out to see how things function.
So, I am sure I will have a number of questions that will later turn
out to seem obvious (often the case, I guess for the uninitiated).
Eventually, I might even be able to answer a couple of questions....
But, to begin, one thing I would like to do for a project I am working
on is to wrap continuous text around an image (placed on one side of
the main text body), and I am encountering a little difficulty.
The basic situation in my document is that the figure can float, to be
inserted at the next available spot, placed at the left or right
margin, with text above (if there is space), to the side, and below
(if there is space).
First, it appears that TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt can only place a figure
next to text at the beginning of a paragraph. Is this correct?
Second, using ConText, when I use \placefigure, if there is enough
space on a page, it appears to place it, and wrap text around the
side. Everything looks fine. But, if there is not enough space
remaining on the page, the remainder of the page is left blank, and
then the figure is placed at the beginning of the next page, with text
wrapped around it. (That is both what I observed, and also I read in
the "Details" document as the expected behavior). If I use
\placefloat, if there is not enough space remaining on the page, the
text will continue printing on the page and the float will be placed
on the next page, BUT without any text to the side of it.
What I would like is to be able to combine these two behaviors when
placing a floating figure: If there is enough space on the page, it
would place the figure there and wrap text around it (as it currently
does for \placefigure). If there is not enough space, it will 'float'
the figure and continue with the text on the current page (as it does
with \placefloat, but not with \placefigure) and insert the figure on
a subsequent page when there is space, wrapping the text around the
figure at that point (again as it does with \placefigure, but does not
seem to do with \placefloat).
Is it possible to do this using a current set of ConTeXt control
sequences and maybe I am just missing something? If not, is this
something that can be implemented? (I don't have any experience with
lower level TeX macro programming). All of what I am looking for is
already there, but not all in one control sequence.
you can move the graphic with:
\starttext
\hangsidefloat[3] \placefigure[left]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf
\movesidefloat[3*line] \placefigure[left]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf
\input zapf
\stoptext
this is still page bound
\movesidefloat[x=10pt,y=-30pt]
also works, as does:
\placefigure[left,3*line]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf
and in the next version:
\placefigure[left,3*hang]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf
will work as well (i cannot post a patch because i first need to upload
the version with the french interface)
Hans
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