Peter,
> \placefigure[right]{This is ok!}{\framed[offset=20pt,
> background=color,
> backgroundcolor=lightgray]{\externalfigure[sample/cow.pdf][scale=500]}}
> \input knuth
Ah, I had tried almost that recipe (of wrapping the \externalfigure in a
\framed) but had used backgroundoffset and frameoffset. Yours works
perfectly. I wikified the recipe at
<http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics>
-Sanjoy
`Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always
glorify the hunters.' --African Proverb
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