Thanks Aditya That solved the problem > > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, Aidan Nichol wrote: > >> I have been looking at various options for controlling how figures are >> placed on a page and based on answers to similar questions in this mailing >> list I tried various options. The most flexible one seems to be using >> tables e.g. >> >> \setupexternalfigures[location={default}] >> >> \starttext >> >> \placefigure[]{}{\externalfigure[hacker][height=1in]} >> >> \startxtable[frame=off,align=low] >> \startxrow >> \startxcell[ny=2] >> \placefigure[force][]{left twoup}{\externalfigure[mill][height=4in]} >> \stopxcell >> \startxcell >> \placefigure[force][]{the first}{\externalfigure[spider][height=1.5in]} >> \stopxcell >> \stopxrow >> \startxrow >> \startxcell >> \placefigure[force][]{the second}{\externalfigure[cow][height=1.5in]} >> \stopxcell >> \stopxrow >> \stopxtable >> >> It seems to work well except that figure numbers are being skipped. In this >> example hacker=1 mill=8, spider=9 and cow=10. >> Varying the contents of the table reveals that It is skipping two times the >> number of figures in the table. >> >> Is this an invalid combination of features I’m using or am I doing something >> wrong? > > The contents of a table are typeset multiple times to get an idea of the > height and width. Here is one option: > > \useMPlibrary[dum] > > \starttext > > \bTABLE[frame=off,align=low] > \bTR > \bTD[ny=2] > \placefigure[here,\iftrialtypesetting nonumber \fi] > []{left twoup}{\externalfigure[mill][width=2in,height=4in]} > \eTD > \bTD > \placefigure[here,\iftrialtypesetting nonumber \fi] > []{the first}{\externalfigure[spider][width=2in,height=2in]} > \eTD > \eTR > \bTR > \bTD > \placefigure[here,\iftrialtypesetting nonumber \fi] > []{the second}{\externalfigure[cow][width=2in,height=2in]} > \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > \stoptext > > Aditya >
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