Re: "Float within a frame" challenge

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM, B. Tommy Jensen <btoj@frisurf.no> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to accomplish the following layout with ConTeXt:
>
>  - An icon and a descriptive text should be contained together in a
> separate frame
>  - The frame should be centered and have a special background color
>  - Within the frame, the icon should be placed to the upper left.
>  - A descriptive text should "flow" around the icon within the frame,
>    first part to the right and then below the icon.
>
> I have tried the following construct:
>
> %----------------------
>
> \startframedtext
> \placefigure[left]{none}{\externalfigure[danger]}
>
> The textual description of the icon comes here. It should ideally flow to
> the right of
> the figure within the frame, but the figure actually becomes behind the
> text.
> \stopframedtext
>
> %----------------------
>
> The problem here is that the icon and text is placed on top of each other.
>
> When removing the frame (\startframedtext command), the placement of the
> figure and the text works OK, but I don't get a frame then of course.
>
> I have studied the "It's in the details" document which explains a great
> deal about float's, but I haven't found anything covering the frame issue.
>
> Is the "startframedtext" the wrong command to use? All hints or suggestions
> (like references to other tutorials) are very welcome.

http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080624.074046.56e76622.en.html

Wolfgang
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