Re: placing figures left with no wrap

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Paul Tremblay wrote:
> How can I place a figure to the left of the page *without* having any
> text wrap around it? 
> 
> If I use:
> 
> \placefigure[here]{{\bf
> figure 1.1: }Woolworth store in Lexington}{\externalfigure[WWORIG
> ref]}
> 
> I get a graphic that is centered. I want to push the graphic to the
> left of the page. 
> 
> The only way I know how to achive this right now is with:
> 
> externalfigure[WWORIG ref]
> \par
> {\bf figure 1.1:} Woolworth store in Lexington
> \par
> 
> But this method probably won't keep my captions and graphics together.
> If the graphic is placed at the bottom of the page, my caption will
> appear on the next page.
> 
> Do I need to save the graphic as a buffer and then place the buffer? I
> coudln't find any directions on how to use buffer, though I swear I
> saw it on the wiki.

\definefloat [leftfigure][figure]
\setupfloat[leftfigure][location=left]
\setupcaption[leftfigure][style=bold]

\starttext

\input tufte

\placeleftfigure
   {Woolworth store in Lexington}
   {\externalfigure[WWORIGref]}

\input tufte

\stoptext



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