On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mikael,
>
> The example given by Wolfgang works fine for me with mkii, but not in
> mkiv: probably something has changed in mkiv, for example the way
> [scale=500] must be used in mkiv.
>
> Best regards: OK
>
> On 6 déc. 2012, at 10:58, "Mikael P. Sundqvist" <mickep@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <
> schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 03.11.2010 um 05:47 schrieb Vladimir Lomov:
>>
>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > Some answers I found myself :)
>> >
>> > P.S. I have feeling that feature like 'hangaround' doesn't fit well
>> > with tex (page layout ...?) model.
>>
>> Hangaround is a very robust command and works in more cases than
>> \placefigure[left] but you have a conflict with the \item command
>> which place the itemize symbol before the following text which
>> is indented in your case.
>>
>> \unprotect
>>
>> \def\stophangaround
>>   {\endgraf
>>    \egroup}
>>
>> \def\starthangaround
>>   {\dosingleempty\dostarthangaround}
>>
>> \def\dostarthangaround[#1]%
>>   {\doifelse{#1}{\v!right}
>>      {\dostartrighthangaround}
>>      {\dostartlefthangaround }}
>>
>> \def\dostartlefthangaround
>>   {\noindent\bgroup
>>    \dowithnextbox
>>      {\ifdim\nextboxht>\strutht\setbox\nextbox\tbox{\flushnextbox}\fi
>>       \setbox\nextbox\hbox{\flushnextbox\hskip\@@hadistance}%
>>       \getboxheight\scratchdimen\of\box\nextbox
>>       \getnoflines\scratchdimen
>>       \nextboxht\strutht
>>       \nextboxdp\strutdp
>>       \hangindent\nextboxwd
>>       \hangafter-\noflines
>>       \llap{\flushnextbox}\ignorespaces}
>>    \hbox}
>>
>> \def\dostartrighthangaround
>>   {\noindent\bgroup
>>    \dowithnextbox
>>      {\ifdim\nextboxht>\strutht\setbox\nextbox\tbox{\flushnextbox}\fi
>>       \setbox\nextbox\hbox{\hskip\@@hadistance\flushnextbox}%
>>       \getboxheight\scratchdimen\of\box\nextbox
>>       \getnoflines\scratchdimen
>>       \nextboxht\strutht
>>       \nextboxdp\strutdp
>>       \hangindent-\nextboxwd
>>       \hangafter-\noflines
>>       \rlap{\hskip\hsize\llap{\flushnextbox}}\ignorespaces}
>>    \hbox}
>>
>> \protect
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \starthangaround{\externalfigure[cow][scale=500]}
>> \input tufte
>> \stophangaround
>>
>> \blank
>>
>> \starthangaround[right]{\externalfigure[cow][scale=500]}
>> \input tufte
>> \stophangaround
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> Wolfgang
>>
>>
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>
> Dear ConTeXt list,
>
> I apologize for digging up an old thread. I was searching for
> \starthangaround[right] and found this thread. I tried the code that
> Wolfgang gave in this thread but I guess something has changed since then,
> because it does not work with latest minimals. Would it be possible to get
> (a working) version of \starthangaround[right]? I think it even would be
> nice to have it in the core.
>
> As a minimal nonworking example, see the email from Wolgang in this thread.
>
> With best regards, Mikael
>
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Hi Otared,

thank you for your answer. I work in mkiv, so I have to wait for a fix if
there will be one.

(I work in a two-column document, so \placefigure[right]... does not work,
it seems, otherwise I could have used that)

Best regards, Mikael