At 13:47 10/04/2003 +0200, you wrote:
I have a small problem with ConTeXt's floating meachnism. There are two wide pictures and other narrow pictures in columns, ConTeXt breaks the first page after the first wide picture.
\midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p1_7.pdf][factor=fit]}} \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_1.pdf][factor=fit]}} \startcolumns[n=3,distance=4mm,balance=no] \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_2.pdf]}} \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_3.pdf]}} \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_4.pdf]}} \stopcolumns
In this situation the first wide picture goes to the first page, the second to the second page and the rest to the third page (th second picture is just 2cm tall, the columns 10cm on an A4 page). When I inserted the \page command after the first picture, the second picture and the columns are placed well on the second page. If I use the \placefigure[here,force,none] statement, the second picture goes to the third page.
(1) no need for framed here (now you get funny margins) (2) factor is fit uses the current hsize and available vertical space, and since you don't use a par after midaligned, the available space is not calculated as you expect; (tex only updates pagetotal/goal after a par normally the factor=fit is used in combination with \placefigure Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------