Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

[Uwe Koloska]

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Hello,

hopefully this is the last dumb question, cause the CD is nearing it's end an 
will be prepared for printing soon ;-)


How can I float text around a picture if I place them on a layer?

What I want to achieve is something like this:

ppp........
ppp........
...........

but typeset onto a layer to position it at my will ...

But I can't get the text flow around the graphic.  Here is a minimal example:
-------------------------------------------------------------
\definelayer[test]

\startbuffer[text]
\placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[height=1cm]{graphic}}
\input tufte
\stopbuffer

\setlayerframed[test]
  [x=.5\paperwidth,y=2em,location=bottom]
  [width=0.8\textwidth,height=0.3\textheight,align=normal]
  {\getbuffer[text]}

\setupbackgrounds[page][background=test]

\starttext
\startstandardmakeup
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
-------------------------------------------------------------

and the result can be seen in the attached PDF.

The same happens inside a standardmakeup
-------------------------------------------------------------
\startbuffer[text]
\placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[height=1cm]{graphic}}
\input tufte
\stopbuffer

\starttext
\startstandardmakeup
\getbuffer[text]
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
-------------------------------------------------------------

and inside a framedtext
-------------------------------------------------------------
\startbuffer[text]
\placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[height=1cm]{graphic}}
\input tufte
\stopbuffer

\starttext
\startframedtext[width=0.8\textwidth]
\getbuffer[text]
\stopframedtext
\stoptext
-------------------------------------------------------------

Neither the mailinglist, nor the wiki or the documentation have given me any 
clue, what to change or where to look further ...

Is there another way to flow text around an image?  The image has a fixed 
position (top left corner of the text) so it don't has to be a float at all.

Thank you for all your help
Uwe

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Re: Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Uwe Koloska <ml@koloro.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> hopefully this is the last dumb question, cause the CD is nearing it's end an
> will be prepared for printing soon ;-)
>
>
> How can I float text around a picture if I place them on a layer?
>
> What I want to achieve is something like this:
>
> ppp........
> ppp........
> ...........
>
> but typeset onto a layer to position it at my will ...

Not possible with a layer.

> But I can't get the text flow around the graphic.  Here is a minimal example:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> \definelayer[test]
>
> \startbuffer[text]
> \placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[height=1cm]{graphic}}
> \input tufte
> \stopbuffer
>
> \setlayerframed[test]
>  [x=.5\paperwidth,y=2em,location=bottom]
>  [width=0.8\textwidth,height=0.3\textheight,align=normal]
>  {\getbuffer[text]}
>
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=test]
>
> \starttext
> \startstandardmakeup
> \stopstandardmakeup
> \stoptext
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> and the result can be seen in the attached PDF.
>
> The same happens inside a standardmakeup
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> \startbuffer[text]
> \placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[height=1cm]{graphic}}
> \input tufte
> \stopbuffer
>
> \starttext
> \startstandardmakeup
> \getbuffer[text]
> \stopstandardmakeup
> \stoptext
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> and inside a framedtext
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> \startbuffer[text]
> \placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[height=1cm]{graphic}}
> \input tufte
> \stopbuffer
>
> \starttext
> \startframedtext[width=0.8\textwidth]
> \getbuffer[text]
> \stopframedtext
> \stoptext
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Neither the mailinglist, nor the wiki or the documentation have given me any
> clue, what to change or where to look further ...

standardmakeup and framedtext use a \vbox and floating text around a image
did not work in restricted vertical mode unless you use ConTeXt's stream
mechanism, you can find examples in m-streams or in the list archive.

> Is there another way to flow text around an image?  The image has a fixed
> position (top left corner of the text) so it don't has to be a float at all.

Do you really need standardmakeup or why do you use it.

A alternative for framedtext is textbackground, it is also the better solution
in grid mode.

\definetextbackground
  [cover]
  [frame=on,
   location=paragraph,
   background=,
   leftoffset=.25ex,
   rightoffset=.25ex,
   topoffset=.25ex,
   bottomoffset=.25ex]

\starttext
\starttextbackground[cover]
\getbuffer[text]
\stoptextbackground
\stoptext

Regards
Wolfgang
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Re: Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

[Hans Hagen]

Uwe Koloska wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> hopefully this is the last dumb question, cause the CD is nearing it's end an 
> will be prepared for printing soon ;-)
> 
> 
> How can I float text around a picture if I place them on a layer?
> 
> What I want to achieve is something like this:
> 
> ppp........
> ppp........
> ............

\starthangaround{\externalfigure[cow]}\input tufte \stophangaround

undocumented but already there for a while (in cont-new) so now *you* 
have to wikify it

Hans

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Re: Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> \starthangaround

That's a great name for an environment! :-)

Thomas
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Re: Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

[Uwe Koloska]

Hello Hans,

Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2008 schrieb Hans Hagen:
> \starthangaround{\externalfigure[cow]}\input tufte \stophangaround
>
> undocumented but already there for a while (in cont-new) so now *you*
> have to wikify it

Thank you for all your help!  Yes I *have to* wikify all the stuff I learned 
while setting the Booklet.  And I promise, I will do it!

Best regards
Uwe

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