From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6316 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Cloned floats (Was: Re[2]: itemize extended) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:31:18 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20011211163046.02eab008@server-1> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20011211102043.03153b68@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20011210112722.038c9f80@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20011210112722.038c9f80@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20011211102043.03153b68@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035396846 9433 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:14:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:14:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Giuseppe Bilotta In-Reply-To: <10616167210.20011211140112@bigfoot.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6316 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6316 At 02:01 PM 12/11/2001 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: >Tuesday, December 11, 2001 Hans Hagen wrote: > >HH> since you're such a source watcher: take a look at clonable floats, > >HH> \definefloat[gbsfloat][figure] > >HH> \placegbsfloat .... > >HH> which you can set up separately; the inner/outer alignment stuff is >HH> experimental. > >What a coincidence! I had just come across it while thinking of a >way to put groups of floats together. Thanks to your patch to separate >the float content from the caption (which allows to put different >floats together in \startcombination, each with its caption), I >decided to define a new float, called floatgroup, without caption. >So I went to study the sources (who needs the manual? ;->) and >discovered the cloning feature! well, this is a precursor to a more advanced placement mechanism, so for the rest you need a bit patience -) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------