On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:32:46 -0700
"Idris Samawi Hamid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:30:48 -0700, Wolfgang Schuster
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > \unprotect
> >
> > \def\fullpagebox
> > {\bgroup
> > \dowithnextbox
> > {\!!widtha\dimexpr\paperwidth/\nextboxwd\relax
> > \!!widthb\dimexpr\paperheight/\nextboxht\relax
> > \ifdim\!!widtha>\!!widthb
> >
> > \setbox\nextbox\vbox\!!to\paperheight{\vss\expanded{\scale[\c!width=\paperwidth]{\flushnextbox}}\vss}%
> > \else
> >
> > \setbox\nextbox\hbox\!!to\paperwidth{\hss\expanded{\scale[\c!height=\paperheight]{\flushnextbox}}\hss}%
> > \fi
> > \setbox\nextbox\hbox{\clip[\c!width=\paperwidth,\c!height=\paperheight]{\flushnextbox}}%
> > \startTEXpage
> > \flushnextbox
> > \stopTEXpage
> > \egroup}
> > \hbox}
> >
> > \protect
> >
> > \starttext
> >
> > \fullpagebox{\externalfigure[image]}
> >
> > \stoptext
>
> Now THAT's the 1st-class gangster we know and love so much ;-)
>
> Question: How can we, if desired, fit the image to the page dimensions?
> See what happens with
>
> \starttext
>
> \fullpagebox{\externalfigure[cow][scale=fit]}
>
> \stoptext
Can you try \pagefigure, my solution was to scale a image to the
papersize and remove parts. \pagefigure includes a figure within a
TEXpage and you scale now the figure to the size of the document.
\starttext
\pagefigure[cow][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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