Thanks Luigi. I did not know where exactly to put the width command. Your solution works great. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:20 PM, luigi scarso wrote:

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Curiouslearn wrote:

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Please see the figure generated by the following minimal example. Due to the dimensions chosen in the figure, the figure is wider than the text width. Is there an option in \placefigure or another command that can help to make this figure smaller (without changing the code of the original figure)?

 Thank you.

\setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[leftedge=0in,leftmargin=1in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargin=1in,rightmargindistance=0in,rightedge=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,topspace=0.5in,width=6.5in,height=10in]

\setupcolors[state=start]

\starttext        \startuseMPgraphic{firstFig}                numeric u;                u:=1in;                draw (0,0)--(4u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor red;        \stopuseMPgraphic

       \startuseMPgraphic{secondFig}                numeric u;                u:=1in;                draw (0,0)--(4u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor blue;        \stopuseMPgraphic

       \placefigure[here]{Two figures next to each other}        \startcombination[2*1]                {\useMPgraphic{firstFig}}{(a)}                {\useMPgraphic{secondFig}}{(b)}        \stopcombination

It can be seen that due to the dimensions in the figure, the figure is wider than the text. Is there a way to make the figure as wide as the text by setting some option of "\placefigure".

\stoptext

\setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[leftedge=0in,leftmargin=1in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargin=1in,rightmargindistance=0in,rightedge=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,topspace=0.5in,width=6.5in,height=10in]

\setupcolors[state=start]

\definemeasure[textgap]  [\dimexpr 1em\relax] \definecombination[both][distance=\measure{textgap}]

\showframe \starttext       \startuseMPgraphic{firstFig}               numeric u;               u:=1in;               draw (0,0)--(4u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor red;       \stopuseMPgraphic

      \startuseMPgraphic{secondFig}               numeric u;               u:=1in;               draw (0,0)--(4u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor blue;       \stopuseMPgraphic

      \placefigure[here]{Two figures next to each other}       \startcombination[both][2*1]               {\scale[width=\dimexpr 0.5\textwidth-0.5\measure{textgap}\relax]{\useMPgraphic{firstFig}}}{(a)}               {\scale[width=\dimexpr 0.5\textwidth-0.5\measure{textgap}\relax]{\useMPgraphic{secondFig}}}{(b)}       \stopcombination

It can be seen that due to the dimensions in the figure, the figure is wider than the text. Is there a way to make the figure as wide as the text by setting some option of "\type{\placefigure}".

\stoptext

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