On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

>
>
> \placefigure{some title}
>   {\placeontopofeachother
>      {\externalfigure[figure 1]}
>      {\externalfigure[figure 2]}}
>
>
> \placefigure{some title}
>   {\hbox\placesidebyside
>      {\externalfigure[figure 1]}
>      {\externalfigure[figure 2]}}
>
> Wolfgang
>

and:

>
> \placefigure
> [here,force][fig:Ex6]{Ux zeuhl, ma lamax quolt epp ik, korsa ozlint
> vusp urfa,.}
> \startcombination[2*1]
> {\externalfigure[Ex6a]}{}
> {\externalfigure[Ex6b]}{}
>                        ^^
> \stopcombination
>
> Wolfgang


Both work. Thank you.  Stupid of me to forget or neglect a pair of empty
curly braces.