[NTG-context] Re: Why Difference Between \placefloat and \definefloat

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Where’s the float type "sidebar" defined? AFAIK it’s not a default type. 
And it might interfere with the actual sidebar stuff from 
https://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/mkxl/anch-bar.mkxl, 
see also https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupsidebar

Hraban

Am 28.04.24 um 19:54 schrieb urban.m@ca.rr.com:
> I swear I used to understand this stuff.  I plead old age.   Why do I 
> get two different results from the float placements here:
> 
> \definefloat[mysidebar][mysidebars]
> \setupfloat[mysidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]
> 
> \defineframedtext [sidebartext]
> [width=.4\textwidth,bodyfont=small,corner=round,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=flushleft]
> 
> \starttext
> This is a bit of text
> \placefloat[sidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]{}{
> \startsidebartext
> This is a short sidebar
> \stopsidebartext
> }
> And something to follow.
> 
> A bit of text
> \placemysidebar{}{
> \startsidebartext
> This is a short sidebar
> \stopsidebartext
> }
> And something to follow.
> 
> \stoptext

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