Re: [NTG-context] float/figure and wrapping text

[Randolph Bertin]

On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 10:12  AM, Hans Hagen wrote:


Randolph Bertin wrote:



On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 05:00  AM, Hans wrote:


you can move the graphic with:

\starttext

\hangsidefloat[3] \placefigure[left]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf 
\input zapf


\movesidefloat[3*line] \placefigure[left]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf
\input zapf

\stoptext

this is still page bound

\movesidefloat[x=10pt,y=-30pt]

also works, as does:

\placefigure[left,3*line]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf

and in the next version:

\placefigure[left,3*hang]{}{} \input zapf \input zapf \input zapf

will work as well (i cannot post a patch because i first need to 
upload

the version with the french interface)

Hans






I tried all of the above examples, but all end up with the same 
result I already have, namely,



that's intended (ok, you can play with the hang to force a graphic to 
a next page but then you hav esemi automated makeup)


if there is not enough room to fit the figure (in my project, this is 
an image) on the current page, a page break is issued (leaving the 
bottom portion of the page blank). What I would like to happen, is to 
go ahead and begin the next paragraph to fill the current page, and 
then place the graphic on the subsequent page (with text to the  side).


that's what the attached file was doing ... keep in mind that this 
really stretches tex to the limits




Hans, I'm not sure what you mean by attached file. Are you referring to 
the examples above?


Maybe I am asking the question in the wrong way.

First, I want to make sure that the behavior I am observing is what one 
would expect:
Namely, if there is not enough room on a page, \placefloat will 
*continue setting text on that page* and then put the float at the 
beginning of the next page. But, for \placefigure if there is not 
enough room on a page it will *issue a page break* and begin a new page 
with with figure, leaving the remainder of the previous page blank.


Is there a way to get wrapped around a figure placed using \placefloat?

Randolph

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Re: [NTG-context] float/figure and wrapping text (An Example)

[Randolph Bertin]

Here is an example illustrating the situation (and perhaps a problem or two):

---
\setuppapersize[letter]
\starttext

\input zapf 

\input zapf 

\input zapf 

\input zapf

If using placefigure without enough space left on the page, this will be the last paragraph, but if we use placefloat, part of the knuth text will appear before the break.

\hangsidefloat[2] \placeFLOGURE [left] {}{} \input knuth

\input zapf 

\input zapf

\stoptext





Where the example reads \placeFLOGURE just edit to read either \placefigure or \placefloat and then typeset the text. Afterwards, change it to the other, typeset, and note the difference in where the page breaks, and what happens on the subsequent page.

I have a couple of questions concerning the example.

(1) If you comment out one (or two) of the first set of \input zapf commands, then the \hangsidefloat[2]\placefigure works *beautifully*, with two lines of text above the figure, the next lines to the side, and then again, underneath the figure. 

However, when the example is run as originally specified (with all the '\input zapf' text), and the figure is pushed to the next page, for some reason the 2 lines that appeared above the figure now appear aligned with the lines to the side of the figure, with blank space above. Is this the correct behavior, or a bug, or am I just failing to understand the subtleties of hanging side floats?

(2) Even though I specify left when using \placefloat, it appears *centered* on the page. Again, is that the correct behavior, or a bug or am I just failing to understand the mechanism for float placement.

(3) Is there a way to have text wrap around a \placefloat or is that only a feature of \placefigure ?


Regards,
Randolph
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