Re: float over both text and margin

[Vit Zyka <vit.zyka@seznam.cz>]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Vit Zyka wrote:
> 
>> Hi.
>>
>> 1) I am unsuccessfully solving the problem of making float spanning 
>> both text and margin. More over, it is inside columnset... Example 
>> follows. Is there some solution?
>>
>> 2) As a side effect I discover that in the following example the float 
>> is over the text (so some text is disappeared).
> 
> don't use \placefloat.
> 
> \definefloat
>  [pagefigure]
>  [figure]
> \setupfloat
>  [pagefigure]
>  [default={page,none},
>   location=inner]

OK, I thought \placefloat[page] is defined like this, but now I see this 
is more flexible.

Thank you for your patch it behaves better but still the float is over 
the text, see page 2 in the example. I also do not see the influence of 
location argument.

Vit

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\showframe
\setupcolors[state=start]
\setuplayout[margin=0pt,rightmargin=1.5cm,width=13cm]
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

\definefloat
  [pagefigure]
  [figure]
\setupfloat
  [pagefigure]
  [default={page,none},
   location=outer]

\unprotect
\def\dogetfloat{
   \ifsomefloatwaiting
     \global\setbox\floatlist\vbox{%
        \unvbox\floatlist
        \global\setbox\globalscratchbox\lastbox
     }%
     \ifcenterfloatbox
       \ifdim\wd\globalscratchbox<\hsize
         \setbox\floatbox\hbox to \hsize{\hss\box\globalscratchbox\hss}%
       \else
         \setbox\floatbox\box\globalscratchbox % local !
         \wd\floatbox\makeupwidth
       \fi
     \else
       \setbox\floatbox\box\globalscratchbox % local !
     \fi
     \global\advance\savednoffloats \minusone
     \ifcase\savednoffloats
       \global\somefloatwaitingfalse
     \fi
   \else
     \global\savednoffloats\zerocount
     \global\setbox\floatbox\box\voidb@x
   \fi}
\protect

\starttext
\startcolumnset
   \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth \endgraf\blank}
   \placepagefigure{none}
     {\framed
 
[width=\dimexpr\makeupwidth+\rightmarginwidth+\rightmargindistance\relax,height=\textheight]
        {Here I would like to be a float over both text and margin. How?}
     }
   \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \endgraf\blank}
\stopcolumnset

\stoptext
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> 
>  \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \endgraf\blank}
>  \placepagefigure
>      {}
>     {...}
> 
> etc
> 
> maybe the next helps, but i hesitate to include this patch too fast
> 
> def\dogetfloat
>  {\ifsomefloatwaiting
>     \global\setbox\floatlist\vbox
>       {\unvbox\floatlist
>        \global\setbox\globalscratchbox\lastbox}%
>     \ifcenterfloatbox
>       \ifdim\wd\globalscratchbox<\hsize
>         \setbox\floatbox\hbox to \hsize{\hss\box\globalscratchbox\hss}%
>       \else
>         \setbox\floatbox\box\globalscratchbox % local !
> \wd\floatbox\makeupwidth
>       \fi
>     \else
>       \setbox\floatbox\box\globalscratchbox % local !
>     \fi
>     \global\advance\savednoffloats \minusone
>     \ifcase\savednoffloats
>       \global\somefloatwaitingfalse
>     \fi
>   \else
>     \global\savednoffloats\zerocount
>     \global\setbox\floatbox\box\voidb@x
>   \fi}
> 
> Hans
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