Re: export images

["Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 06:11:24 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster  
<schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>> Am 21.03.2015 um 12:01 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد  
>> <ishamid@colostate.edu>:
>>
>> On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:55:08 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster  
>> <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com <mailto:schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> Am 21.03.2015 um 03:09 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد  
>>>> <ishamid@colostate.edu>:
>>>>
>>>> Dear gang,
>>>>
>>>> How do we get images in the export? Here is my sample (also attached):
>>>>
>>>> ==============
>>>> \setupbackend[export=yes]
>>>>
>>>> \starttext
>>>> \startalignment [middle]
>>>> \dontleavehmode
>>>> \externalfigure[mill.png]
>>>> \stopalignment
>>>> \stoptext
>>>> ==============
>>>>
>>>> div output:
>>>>
>>>> ==
>>>> <div>
>>>>  <div class="image" id="image-1"><!--empty--></div>
>>>> </div>
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> So it seems that \externalfigure[mill.png] is tagged in the output  
>>>> but the
>>>> image itself is ignored. What am I missing here? pdf output is  
>>>> correct; I
>>>> copied mill.png from the context sample folder
>>>>
>>>> /tex/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/mill.png
>>>
>>> Put mill.png in the images folder which should exist in the export  
>>> folder.
>>
>> Thanks, Wolfgang!
>>
>> One more question on this: How can I setup the images so that I don't  
>> have to toggle, e.g.
>>
>> \externalfigure[basmalah.png][width=3in]
>> % \externalfigure[basmalah.pdf][width=3in]
>>
>> Is there a way to tell the export to use the png option, while telling  
>> the pdf output to use the pdf? This is important when the image is made  
>> from a font (no needs scalability in the pdf).
>
> You can try to use the *export mode to use different images for the XML  
> and PDF output.
>
>
> The first method is to drop the file extension and tell context to use  
> the PNG files when the export is enabled.
>
> %\setupbackend[export=yes] % uncomment to enable *export mode
>
> \startmode[*export]
>   \useexternalfigure[basmalah] [basmalah.png]
> \stopmode
>
> % possible but not necessary because ConTeXt prefers images in the PDF  
> format
> %
> % \startnotmode[*export]
> %   \useexternalfigure[basmalah] [basmalah.pdf]
> % \stopnotmode
>
> \starttext
> \externalfigure[basmalah]
> \stoptext
>
>
> The second method is to specify which image should be used when the  
> export is disabled/enabled.
>
> %\setupbackend[export=yes] % uncomment to enable *export mode
>
> \starttext
>
> \doifmodeelse{*export}
>   {\externalfigure[basmalah.png]}
>   {\externalfigure[basmalah.pdf]}
>
> \stoptext
>
>
> The third method is to use two folders for the images in PDF and PNG  
> format.
>
> %\setupbackend[export=yes] % uncomment to enable *export mode
>
> \doifmodeelse[*export]
>   {\setupexternalfigures[directory=pngimages]}
>   {\setupexternalfigures[directory=pdfimages]}
>
> \starttext
> \externalfigure[basmalah]
> \stoptext

Thank you so much or the wisdom, Wolfgang; very much appreciated!

Best wishes
Idris
-- 
Idris Samawi Hamid
Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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