From: Henri Menke <henrimenke@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: columnset and placefigure
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:38:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <478dbc68-bd16-a7ec-a005-ca43d9e129b7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <578F4354.3000603@gmail.com>
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On 07/20/2016 11:24 AM, Henri Menke wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm using columnsets to typeset stuff for a conference poster. I can't
> use paragraphs or columns, because these do not allow to set frames or
> backgrounds. Currently I do not use the column-spanning features, but I
> might in the future.
>
> The thing is, when I place a figure using `\placefigure` and the column
> distance is too large (i.e. the columns too narrow), the figure is not
> placed on spot but flushed to the next page. I'm unsure what the exact
> value for this threshold is and based on which criteria the figure is
> flushed. While this is not a problem in a normal document, it is for
> sure for a poster (I have not seen any multi-page posters yet).
>
> Please find below an example to illustrate my problem (with version
> 2016.05.17 19:20 from TL2016).
>
> Cheers, Henri
>
> ---
>
> \definecolumnset[threecolumn][n=3]
> \startmode[bug]
> \setupcolumnset[threecolumn][each][distance=3cm,frame=on]
> \stopmode
> \startnotmode[bug]
> \setupcolumnset[threecolumn][each][distance=2.999cm,frame=on]
> \stopnotmode
> \setupcolumnset[threecolumn][1][distance=0pt]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startcolumnset[threecolumn]
> \placefigure[force,here]{}{\externalfigure[cow][width=\textwidth]}
> \column
> \stopcolumnset
>
> \stoptext
>
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2016-07-20 9:24 Henri Menke
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2016-08-19 21:51 ` Hans Hagen
2016-08-20 11:40 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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