Dear list,
I am still struggling to achieve the page layout/look that I am trying to get.
For an image of the desired page spread please look here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9089117/tufte-spread.png
The design is using the ample margin to place text (sidenotes), figures
(images) and tables in the margin. I am unable to get both (images and text) to
work properly.
(1) put all in a \margintext
\margintext{...} for text
\margintext{\placefigure...} for external images
This option does not work if the position is close to a page break (cp.
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20121111.191529.3fbef120.en.html)
(2) use two different macros
\margintext{...} for text and
\placefigure[location=margin]{}{...} for external images
This option does not work because they are placed on top of each other. I also
tried \startplacefigure, but also no luck.
(3) put all in a \placefigure
\placefigure[margin,none]{}{Text Text} for text
\placefigure[margin,none]{}{...} for external images
This works best, because it starts from the top and nicely stacks the
marginals. But it introduces a paragraph break where the sidenote is called.
This does not work, it defeats the purpose (imagine a paragraph after every
footnote).
(4) use (3) and postponing
\startpostponing [+1]%
\startplacefigure[location={margin,none}]%
Text text\stopplacefigure%
\stoppostponing%
Now, the paragraph break is gone, but the sidenote is on the next page, which
does not make sense in our case (cp.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/56388/avoid-line-break-after-macro). In
general, I do not understand, where the paragraph break at the \placefigure...
comes from. It does not seam necessary in most cases (e.g. location=top) and
postponing does avoid it. Can I 'gobble' it somehow?
Does anyone have an idea, how to make it work for images as well as text
combined?
Andy
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