images and text stacked in the margin

[Andy Thomas <andythomas@web.de>]

Dear list,

I am still struggling to achieve the page layout/look that I am trying to get. For an image of the desired page spread please look here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9089117/tufte-spread.png

The design is using the ample margin to place text (sidenotes), figures (images) and tables in the margin. I am unable to get both (images and text) to work properly. 


(1) put all in a \margintext
    \margintext{...} for text
	\margintext{\placefigure...} for external images
	
This option does not work if the position is close to a page break (cp. http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20121111.191529.3fbef120.en.html)


(2) use two different macros
    \margintext{...} for text and
    \placefigure[location=margin]{}{...} for external images 
    
This option does not work because they are placed on top of each other. I also tried \startplacefigure, but also no luck.


(3) put all in a \placefigure
    \placefigure[margin,none]{}{Text Text} for text
    \placefigure[margin,none]{}{...} for external images
    
This works best, because it starts from the top and nicely stacks the marginals. But it introduces a paragraph break where the sidenote is called. This does not work, it defeats the purpose (imagine a paragraph after every footnote).


(4) use (3) and postponing
    \startpostponing [+1]%
    \startplacefigure[location={margin,none}]%
    Text text\stopplacefigure%
    \stoppostponing%
    
Now, the paragraph break is gone, but the sidenote is on the next page, which does not make sense in our case (cp. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/56388/avoid-line-break-after-macro). In general, I do not understand, where the paragraph break at the \placefigure... comes from. It does not seam necessary in most cases (e.g. location=top) and postponing does avoid it. Can I 'gobble' it somehow?


Does anyone have an idea, how to make it work for images as well as text combined?

Andy
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