Marco - thanks for your help!
I found an alternative way to do it that centers the whole caption, including
the figure label:
\starttext
% Centers the caption text, label is offset (suggested by Marco):
\setupcaptions [headstyle={\hskip-5em\bold},width=4in]
\startplacefigure [title={This is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very long caption.}]
\externalfigure [dummy]
\stopplacefigure
% Centers the entire caption, including the label:
\setupcaptions [headstyle=bold,style={\hangindent=6em},distance=2em,width=4in]
\startplacefigure [title={This is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very long caption.}]
\externalfigure [dummy]
\stopplacefigure
\stoptext
For both methods the spacing is hardcoded; for my application I ended up
creating a short macro that checked the length of the figure label and adjusted
things accordingly so that the the spacing for Figure 10+ worked the same as
for Figures 1-9.
John
On May 13, 2012, at 6:09 AM, Marco wrote:
> On 2012-05-11 John Dyreby wrote:
>
>> Or if this formatting works...
>>
>> How it currently looks:
>> Figure 1 This is a caption that extends
>> to multiple lines.
>>
>> What I'm trying to get:
>> Figure 1 This is also a caption that
>> extends to multiple lines.
>
> This is a hack, but seems to work:
>
> \setupcaptions [headstyle={\hskip-5em\bold}]
> \starttext
> \startplacefigure [title={\input knuth\par}]
> \externalfigure [dummy]
> \stopplacefigure
> \stoptext
>
> Marco
>
>
>
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