\hbox and figures

\hbox and figures

[andrea valle]

Hi to all,
I guess it's something obvious but...
I was taking a look at the nice cows on p.298 cont-eni:
I cannot understand why in compiling this code "test" is always one 
line down and never on the same line, just on quarter's side. Quarter 
is a small figure, and I tested with other small figures, both in pdf 
and png.

\starttext

\hbox {\externalfigure[quarter]} test

  \stoptext


Many thanks!

-a-


Andrea Valle
DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea
andrea.valle@unito.it

Re: \hbox and figures

[Taco Hoekwater]

andrea valle wrote:
> Hi to all,
> I guess it's something obvious but...

> \hbox {\externalfigure[quarter]} test


If TeX sees a \hbox when in vertical mode, it stays in
vertical mode, simply adding the box to the page. Only
when it sees the 't' from test does it start the next
paragraph. To make the box part of the paragraph, TeX
has to be told to enter horizontal mode first. That is
done by adding \dontleavehmode:

   \starttext
   \dontleavehmode
   \hbox {\externalfigure[quarter]} test
   \stoptext

Cheers,
Taco

Re: \hbox and figures

[andrea valle]

Thanks as usual Taco,
no errors, but doesn't work for me.


\starttext
\dontleavehmode

\hbox {\externalfigure[quarter][png]} test

  \stoptext

The same as before

-a-


On 28 Jan 2006, at 11:44, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> \dontleavehmode
Andrea Valle
DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea
andrea.valle@unito.it

Re: \hbox and figures

[Taco Hoekwater]

andrea valle wrote:
> Thanks as usual Taco,
> no errors, but doesn't work for me.
> 
> 
> \starttext
> \dontleavehmode
> 
> \hbox {\externalfigure[quarter][png]} test

You have to remove that empty line between
the \dontleavehmode and the \hbox.

Taco

Re: \hbox and figures

[andrea valle]

Thanks,
I have never seen it in the docs (at least, in the ones I know).
Best

-a-


On 28 Jan 2006, at 11:59, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> andrea valle wrote:
>> Thanks as usual Taco,
>> no errors, but doesn't work for me.
>>
>>
>> \starttext
>> \dontleavehmode
>>
>> \hbox {\externalfigure[quarter][png]} test
>
> You have to remove that empty line between
> the \dontleavehmode and the \hbox.
>
> Taco
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Andrea Valle
DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione
Università degli Studi di Torino
http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea
andrea.valle@unito.it