placement of graphics across coluums.

placement of graphics across coluums.

[john Culleton]

In Scribus, (which has many shortcomings compared
to Context for book length documents,) there is
one trick that is pretty easy. In a double column
document one can place a graphic in another
layer that is part in one column and part in
another, but not spanning either column
completely.  Then the texts in each column can
be made to flow around the graphic. I have looked
in "It's in the details" and the "Columns"
document but I cannot find this specific example.
I thought I saw one years ago. 

Is such a trick possible in Context without
heroic special coding?  

-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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Re: placement of graphics across coluums.

[Mica Semrick]

John,

Perhaps you may find the columnsets command to your liking. See more here: http://pragrama-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf

Best,
Mica

On 05/26, john Culleton wrote:
>In Scribus, (which has many shortcomings compared
>to Context for book length documents,) there is
>one trick that is pretty easy. In a double column
>document one can place a graphic in another
>layer that is part in one column and part in
>another, but not spanning either column
>completely.  Then the texts in each column can
>be made to flow around the graphic. I have looked
>in "It's in the details" and the "Columns"
>document but I cannot find this specific example.
>I thought I saw one years ago.
>
>Is such a trick possible in Context without
>heroic special coding?
>
>-- 
>John Culleton
>Wexford Press
>Free list of books for self-publishers:
>http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
>PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
>available at
>http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
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Re: placement of graphics across coluums.

[john Culleton]

On Wed, 28 May 2014 22:22:44 -0700
Mica Semrick <mica@silentumbrella.com> wrote:

> John,
> 
> Perhaps you may find the columnsets command to
> your liking. See more here:
> http://pragrama-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf
> 
> Best,
> Mica

Thnkas doe yor reply.
Here is where I found that manual:
http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf

Unfortunately it does not cover the situation I
mentioned, where a graphic is place in the center
of a two column page but does not span either
column edge to edge but rather protrudes part of
the distance across each each column with text
flowing around it on both sides. In Context as
far as I can tell protrusion is all or nothing
in double columns. But a partial protrusion into a
single column has been available for a long time,
see The Context Manual section 15.2.
  
-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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Re: placement of graphics across coluums.

[Mica Semrick]

Hi John,

Sorry to hear that didn't work. 

Could you not have a box that spans two columns, the put the graphic in the box and position the graphic as you wish?

I'm just getting started myself with columns; sorry if the suggestion doesn't make sense. 

Best,
Mica
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