Complex layout question

Complex layout question

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Hi all, I have a LARGE (we're talking about the hundred
scale) number of floats I would like to distribute across a
document. These are paired (a table and a figure). The
layout that results from coupling them side by side doesn't
satisfy me, so I was looking for a different approach. I
would like them to be distributed across the pages by
placing the tables at the top left and the figure at the
bottom right, text flowing around them. Since there is a
very large number of floats, I would like this placement to
be automatic: "From now on, do this until you run out of
text/floats"

I already did something like the following

\newcount\curvenum
\global\curvenum=1
\def\newpar{
\oldpar
\glet\par\oldpar
\input tests/curves-\the\curvenum.tex
\global\advance\curvenum1
\ifnum\curvenum<8\let\par\newpar\fi
}
\let\oldpar\par
\let\par\newpar

to "delay-load" floats, since loading them all at once fills
up the main memory. But how to achieve the layout?

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re: Complex layout question

[Hans Hagen]

Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

>Hi all, I have a LARGE (we're talking about the hundred
>scale) number of floats I would like to distribute across a
>document. These are paired (a table and a figure). The
>layout that results from coupling them side by side doesn't
>satisfy me, so I was looking for a different approach. I
>would like them to be distributed across the pages by
>placing the tables at the top left and the figure at the
>bottom right, text flowing around them. Since there is a
>very large number of floats, I would like this placement to
>be automatic: "From now on, do this until you run out of
>text/floats"
>  
>
the text flowing around is is beyond current tex (fyi: this is one of the things we hav ein mind with the lua extensions combined with karl skoupy's arbitary par shape handling; too long term for your thesis) 

so, let's see what other options are there. 

- side by side is still an option: move them partially into the outer margins (details.pdf shows how to do this) 

- put two/three of them per page, using the postponing mechanism, that way you probably don't run into memory problems 

- or use a very narrow layout (wide page) and put all graphic in the margin area 

(i can help with setting up those layouts if needed) 

Hans 


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Re[2]: Complex layout question

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Sunday, September 18, 2005 Hans Hagen wrote:

> Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

>>Hi all, I have a LARGE (we're talking about the hundred
>>scale) number of floats I would like to distribute across a
>>document. These are paired (a table and a figure). The
>>layout that results from coupling them side by side doesn't
>>satisfy me, so I was looking for a different approach. I
>>would like them to be distributed across the pages by
>>placing the tables at the top left and the figure at the
>>bottom right, text flowing around them. Since there is a
>>very large number of floats, I would like this placement to
>>be automatic: "From now on, do this until you run out of
>>text/floats"
>>  
>>
> the text flowing around is is beyond current tex (fyi:
> this is one of the things we hav ein mind with the lua
> extensions combined with karl skoupy's arbitary par shape
> handling; too long term for your thesis) 

Actually, these urgent matters are for an article which
deals with the main topic of the thesis, but the thesis will
have to be ready in a couple of months at most so it's still
too close :)

> so, let's see what other options are there. 

> - side by side is still an option: move them partially
> into the outer margins (details.pdf shows how to do this) 

> - put two/three of them per page, using the postponing
> mechanism, that way you probably don't run into memory
> problems 

> - or use a very narrow layout (wide page) and put all graphic in the margin area

> (i can help with setting up those layouts if needed) 

I went for the side-by-side option, using
\start/stopcombinations because \placesidebyside put the
figure and table too close together.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta