figures move in newly installed contex/tetex

figures move in newly installed contex/tetex

[GEERT]

Hi,

Up to now, I have been using a rather old version of context (2003, the
one that comes with FC3 linux for instance).

I decided to download the latest version of tetex (3.0) which also comes
with pdftex 1.21a and texexec 5.2.4

After realizing the changes in pdftex and struggling for about a day to
get my type1 fonts working again (I knew this would happen, it's simply
part of the game.....) I saw another problem, and I'm rather clueless on
this one : 

I have a 140 pages document with about 60 pictures in it. 

The whole document is in landscape and in 3 columns.

I did place all the figures with the same command : 

\plaatsfiguur[forceer][reffiguur1]{}{\externfiguur[figuur1.jpg][breedte=6cm]}

In my previous tetex/context version, all figures appeared exactly where
I defined them.

Since the upgrade, figures appear sometimes spread over two columns,
sometimes the text in the column adjacent to the figure starts below the
figure (but on the next column) instead of besides the figure.....

Is there something new with the figures placing mechanism in this newer
context version that I am not aware of ?

Geert