[NTG-context] Re: Vanishing floats with location=split and \start ... \stopsplittext within

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 6/4/2024 3:57 PM, Давыдов, Кирилл Александрович wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have run into an issue whilst using \start ... \stopsplittext. I 
> intended to use it for large code listings (using the t-vim module), 
> however floats with location=split using that environment seem to vanish 
> if there is nearly not enough text before the float to fill a page. Not 
> only that, a second float like that seems to lead to fatal errors 
> related to an unclosed group, however the document compiles regardless. 
> The following MWE is an example of this. I am using ConTeXt version 
> 2024.05.27 18:16.
> 
> \definefloat[codelisting][codelistings]
> \setupcaption[codelisting][location=top]
> \setuplabeltext[english][codelisting=Listing ]
> 
> %\showboxes
> \starttext
> 
> \input knuth
> \input knuth
> \input knuth
> \input knuth
> % Filler. Filler. Filler. Filler. % uncomment to push out a full page. 
> the float will appear
> 
> \startplacecodelisting[
>      title=My great C program on display!,
>      location=split,
> ]
> \startsplittext
> \tt \input zapf
> \stopsplittext
> \stopplacecodelisting
> 
> \input ward
> 
> \startplacecodelisting[
>      title=My second great C program on display!,
>      location=split,
> ]
> \startsplittext
> \tt \input ward
> \stopsplittext
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> On a related note, one can also observe that with specific amounts of 
> text a float may end up being split in two on a single page, however I 
> could not replicate it. Additionally, code listings done with t-vim's 
> commands seem to lose line numbering within \start ... \stopsplittext in 
> splittable floats, but I figure that's more on the module authors. In 
> any case, is there more I can do other than not use floats for code 
> listings?
best add a missing \stopplacecodelisting

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