From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/12968 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Willi Egger" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: how to integrate graphics flexibly? Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:56:20 +0200 Organization: BOEDE Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <020d01c36b02$dcd0e490$0100a8c0@vademecum> References: Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061814229 7410 80.91.224.253 (25 Aug 2003 12:23:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Mon Aug 25 14:23:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19rGNw-0007pI-00 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:23:48 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B2A10B49; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:23:45 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.138]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 055CD10B28 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:17:35 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from vademecum (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) by smtpzilla2.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h7PCHXQK003218 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:17:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:12968 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:12968 > Hi > > I am thinking about to switch from LaTeX to ConTeXt. > The main reason for me is the need of "embedded" graphics > > (I'm not sure about the technical term typographically. In german it > is "eingespiegelte Bilder".) > > The task could be like: > - typesetting a book on art history > - 450 pages A4 > - 150 pictures included > - all pictures should be placed close to the first time they are > mentioned in the text > - the shouldn't be more than two pictures per page. > > > We will have three possibilities: > > a) Some pictures are in landscape format - they can be set width to textwidth. > > b) Others are moderate portrait format - in this case the > title/caption can be set next to it (right/left) and both together > can be set width to textwidth as well. > > c) But others are extreme portrait format (maybe height to width four to one). > They need to be included into the text (with text floating around at one side). > > > As a) and b) are set either at the top or at the bottom of a page it > is necessary that also the graphics of case c) can be set this way. > > So I need to set figures with the following options: > - ability to float > - placing option top/bottom of page > - placing option left/right respectively inner/outer edge of page > - can be set to whole textwidth > - can be alternatively included into the text (but floating, not only > into the paragraph were they are mentioned)). > > Which TeX mode (LaTeX/ConTeXt) or which additional package can do this job? > > Thank you, > > > Steffen Wolfrum There was a manual called "details.pdf" on the site of Pragma. Where you might find wat you are looking for. - Unfortunately I can not find it at this moment. May be Hans sends the link to it on the list again? Willi