Re: Columnsets and placement of figures

[Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>]

Hi Wolfgang,

The option 'bots' is described in the Columns manual  (page 18). Yes I was looking in the source, but was unable to understand what I found. I saw, that there are commented lines in page-ini.mkiv (lines 230 and ff).
In columnsets "bottom" has no effect.
Indeed lrbt does place the figure at the bottom. The struggle is, that I have to be able to place the figure as well left as right aligned. So the option rlbt should do this, but doesn't. All together I came then to the conclusion that one should place the float at the bottom with 'bots' and add an offset. But maybe I miss something...
Th solution I have now is 
\startcolumnset
	\placefigure[lrbt][]{none}{\offset[x=1cm]{\externalfigure[fake][width=2\textwidth,height=3cm]}} % for moving the float to the right
\stopcolumnset

\startcolumnset
		\placefigure[lrbt][]{none}{\externalfigure[fake][width=2\textwidth,height=3cm]} % for a left aligned float.
\stopcolumnset


Kind regards

Willi

On 9 May 2011, at 18:34, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> 
> Am 09.05.2011 um 13:32 schrieb Willi Egger:
> 
>> Dear list,
>> 
>> In a document with a columnsets there are many directives to place figures on certain spots (see columns-manual).
>> 
>> I deal with a two-columns layout.
>> Now I would need to place a figure in the first column at the lower left edge. Here the command
>> 
>> \placefigure[bots][]{none}{\externalfigure[fake][width=\textwidth,height=3cm]}
>> 
>> will  not result in the figure at the bottom of the page, instead turns up at the top.
> 
> As i can’t find any reference to a “bots” keyword it isn’t a valid option.
> Why don’t you use “bottom” or “lrbt” to place your picture.
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
> ___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
___________________________________________________________________________________