switching layouts for a float

switching layouts for a float

[Corin Royal Drummond]

Hi Friends,

Still working on having a travelogue with a text column on one side, and 
then a plate of color photos on the opposite page.  Floats are working 
well for this with \startcombination[2*2].  My problem is that the text 
pages, have a wide margin to accommodate marginal graphics, and I don't 
know how to switch to a wide layout with tiny backspace and margin just 
for the combination floats.  I'm trying: 
...
\definepapersize[wide][width=9in, height=7in]
\setuppapersize[wide][wide]

\setuplayout [location=middle, marking=on, topspace=.5cm, height=6.5in, 
width=4.5in, margin=3.5in, backspace= 2cm, footer=.9cm, header=.9cm]
\definelayout [photopage][width=7.5in, margin=.5cm, backspace=1.5cm, ]
...

\starttext
...lots of text in chapters...
\setuplayout[photopage]
\placefigure{none}
{\startcombination[2*2]
{\externalfigure[yucatan1][width=.5\textwidth]}{A old church on the way 
from Merida to Celestun}
{\externalfigure[yucatan2][width=.5\textwidth]}{A gorgeous decaying 
hacienda}
{\externalfigure[yucatan3][width=.5\textwidth]}{Typical Yucatecan 
thatched adobe dwelling}
{\externalfigure[yucatan4][width=.5\textwidth]}{Thached house detail}
\stopcombination}
\setuplayout[reset]
...more text in chapters...
\stoptext

I suspect that this doesn't work because of the nature of floats, but 
then how to slap the float into a new layout setup with appropriate margins?

Thanks,

Corin Royal Drummond
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Re: switching layouts for a float

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 17.03.2009 um 00:53 schrieb Corin Royal Drummond:

> Hi Friends,
>
> Still working on having a travelogue with a text column on one side,  
> and then a plate of color photos on the opposite page.  Floats are  
> working well for this with \startcombination[2*2].  My problem is  
> that the text pages, have a wide margin to accommodate marginal  
> graphics, and I don't know how to switch to a wide layout with tiny  
> backspace and margin just for the combination floats.  I'm trying: ...
> \definepapersize[wide][width=9in, height=7in]
> \setuppapersize[wide][wide]
>
> \setuplayout [location=middle, marking=on, topspace=.5cm,  
> height=6.5in, width=4.5in, margin=3.5in, backspace= 2cm, footer=. 
> 9cm, header=.9cm]
> \definelayout [photopage][width=7.5in, margin=.5cm, backspace=1.5cm, ]
> ...
>
> \starttext
> ...lots of text in chapters...
> \setuplayout[photopage]
> \placefigure{none}
> {\startcombination[2*2]
> {\externalfigure[yucatan1][width=.5\textwidth]}{A old church on the  
> way from Merida to Celestun}
> {\externalfigure[yucatan2][width=.5\textwidth]}{A gorgeous decaying  
> hacienda}
> {\externalfigure[yucatan3][width=.5\textwidth]}{Typical Yucatecan  
> thatched adobe dwelling}
> {\externalfigure[yucatan4][width=.5\textwidth]}{Thached house detail}
> \stopcombination}

\page[yes]

> \setuplayout[reset]
> ...more text in chapters...
> \stoptext
>
> I suspect that this doesn't work because of the nature of floats,  
> but then how to slap the float into a new layout setup with  
> appropriate margins?

Wolfgang

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Re: switching layouts for a float

[Hans Hagen]

Corin Royal Drummond wrote:
> I suspect that this doesn't work because of the nature of floats, but 
> then how to slap the float into a new layout setup with appropriate 
> margins?

details.pdf shows some floats trickery


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