Re: multi-page floats

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 27-5-2012 16:06, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi again,
> in my current book project there are sets of full-page graphics, where
> there’s first a drawing, to be printed on transparent paper, followed by
> a water colour picture as background, i.e. a series of
>
> right page: foreground graphic
> right page: background graphic
>
> The transparent pages are left out in pagination.
> Between chapters (i.e. stories), the following macro does what I want:
>
> \def\DoublePic#1{
> \page[right] % foreground picture on transparent paper
>
> \setuppagenumbering[state=stop]\setuppagenumber[state=stop]\par
> \resetlayer[bg]
> \setlayer[bg]{\externalfigure[#1-fore][height=\dimexpr(\paperheight+6mm)]}
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bg]
> \strut\par % page needs some content
>
> \page[right] % background picture on normal paper
>
> \setuppagenumber[state=start]\par
> \resetlayer[bg]
> \setlayer[bg]{\externalfigure[#1-back][height=\dimexpr(\paperheight+6mm)]}
> \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bg]
> \strut\par
>
> \page
> \setuppagenumbering[state=start]
> }
>
>
> Now, the publisher would like to move the picture pages in the middle of
> the stories, i.e. I need them to float "here" without manual page breaking.
> How can I achieve that?
>
> I’d also appreciate enhancements to my macro above.
>
> (MkIV latest beta on OSX Intel.)
>
> Thank you very much in advance!

\startpostponing

might help (you can add [pagenumber] or [+pagenumber] if needed)

Hans

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