On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:41:41 +0100
Henning Hraban Ramm
Try to compile this with and without the first line:
\setupbackend[export=yes]
\starttext
\input tufte \placefigure[right]{}{% \externalfigure[hacker][width=.33\textwidth]% }% \input tufte \input tufte
\stoptext
With \setupbackend[export=yes] the image is placed "here" and never "right" or "left".
I "reported" this a while ago. The answer is that right or left are meaningless for the export and that the export is built somehow using the generated PDF. I requested that this PDF be placed in the export (sub)directory so as not to "break" the PDF produced on a previous run without export. I can deal with multiple runs when exporting, although ideally one could decide to export systematically and the process would produce two PDFs including the one used in creating the export. If this seems awkward or clumsy then at least preserving the "production" PDF would be desirable. I believe that Hans' workflow includes controlling the export run by viewing the export PDF (in sumatra), so he has been reluctant to change the behavior. Alan