Re: [NTG-context] Images centered on page

24 Nov 2007

      On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:30:48 -0700, Wolfgang Schuster  
 wrote:
...
\unprotect
\def\fullpagebox
  {\bgroup
   \dowithnextbox
     {\!!widtha\dimexpr\paperwidth/\nextboxwd\relax
      \!!widthb\dimexpr\paperheight/\nextboxht\relax
      \ifdim\!!widtha>\!!widthb
        \setbox\nextbox\vbox\!!to\paperheight{\vss\expanded{\scale[\c!width=\paperwidth]{\flushnextbox}}\vss}%
      \else
        \setbox\nextbox\hbox\!!to\paperwidth{\hss\expanded{\scale[\c!height=\paperheight]{\flushnextbox}}\hss}%
      \fi  
\setbox\nextbox\hbox{\clip[\c!width=\paperwidth,\c!height=\paperheight]{\flushnextbox}}%
      \startTEXpage
      \flushnextbox
      \stopTEXpage
      \egroup}
   \hbox}
\protect
\starttext
\fullpagebox{\externalfigure[image]}
\stoptext
Now THAT's the 1st-class gangster we know and love so much ;-)

Question: How can we, if desired, fit the image to the page dimensions?  
See what happens with

\starttext

\fullpagebox{\externalfigure[cow][scale=fit]}

\stoptext

Idris

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