Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Dnia Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:14:26AM +0200, Marcin Borkowski napisał(a):
>> Why this does not center the figure horizontally? What should I do to
>> center it?
>>
>> \placefigure{none}{
>> \starttikzpicture[scale=0.3]
>> \draw (0,0) -- (5,0) -- (4.5,6) -- (1.5,6) -- cycle;
>> \stoptikzpicture
>> }
>>
>> I discovered that using combinations with "1*1" helps, but this is a
>> dirty trick;). (Also, "none" as a label does not work with combinations
>> - is it a bug or a feature?)
>
> OK, so I'm answering myself. The problem is (I guess so at least) that
> the second parameter somehow gets typeset "as a paragraph" - that is,
> with full paragraph's width (=width of the whole column). Since nothing
> is said about centering, it is flush left. This helps:
>
> \placefigure{none}{\hbox{
> \starttikzpicture[scale=0.5]
> \draw (0,0) -- (5,0) -- (4.5,6) -- (1.5,6) -- cycle;
> \stoptikzpicture
> }}
>
> Maybe it's not very clean, but it seems to work. If anyone has a
> cleaner (more "ConTeXt-way-ish" solution), I'd be thankful for a hint.
often
> \placefigure{none}{\dontleavehmode
> \starttikzpicture[scale=0.5]
> \draw (0,0) -- (5,0) -- (4.5,6) -- (1.5,6) -- cycle;
> \stoptikzpicture
> }
works as well; the second ars to placefigure goes into a vbox
Hans
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