Re: [NTG-context] rotate a figure

19 Nov 2009

      On Thursday 19 November 2009 12:26:40 luigi scarso wrote:
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Alan BRASLAU  wrote:
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On Tuesday 17 November 2009 16:48:45 Hans Hagen wrote:
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Peter Münster wrote:
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On Tue, Nov 17 2009, R. Bastian wrote:
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> \rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure[filename]}
\externalfigure[filename][orientation=90] ;)
\placefigure[here,90]{}{}
Yes! However, sometimes we want to turn an externalfigure
that is one part of a combination. Here, \externalfigure
[orientation=90] is broken (incorrect bounding box).
Minimal example:
\setupexternalfigures[location={local,default}]
\starttext
\externalfigure [cow] [frame=on,width=.5\textwidth]
\rotate [rotation=90] {\externalfigure [cow]
[frame=on,width=.5\textwidth]} \placefigure [force,90]
       {A turned cow}
       {\externalfigure [cow] [frame=on,width=.5\textwidth]}
broken:\crlf
\externalfigure [cow] [frame=on,width=.5\textwidth,orientation=90]
\externalfigure [cow] [frame=on,height=.5\textwidth,orientation=90]
\stoptext
I always thought that orientation was related to textual flow
while  rotate to rectangular object
\starttext
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=0]{\input ward\relax}
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=90]{\input ward\relax}
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=180]{\input ward\relax}
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=270]{\input ward\relax}
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=-90]{\input ward\relax}
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=-180]{\input ward\relax}
 \framed[width=12cm,height=3cm,orientation=-270]{\input ward\relax}
\stoptext
This explains the use of the keyword "orientation",
inherited from \framed by \externalfigure
(also the use of "width" and "height").

Should \externalfigure have an additional keyword
"rotation" to be interpreted independently of "orientation"?

Alan