From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: columnset and placefigure
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:51:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5fb3ef92-2996-9233-d6f3-b01141c6a1f6@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <478dbc68-bd16-a7ec-a005-ca43d9e129b7@gmail.com>
On 8/19/2016 7:38 PM, Henri Menke wrote:
> Bump
>
> 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
best do your experiments with the new column sets (put this on top of
your file for now:
\input page-cst.mkiv
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-20 9:24 Henri Menke
2016-08-19 17:38 ` Henri Menke
2016-08-19 21:51 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2016-08-20 11:40 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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