Why Difference Between \placefloat and \definefloat
I swear I used to understand this stuff. I plead old age. Why do I get two different results from the float placements here: definefloat[mysidebar][mysidebars] setupfloat[mysidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none] defineframedtext [sidebartext] [width=.4textwidth,bodyfont=small,corner=round,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=flushleft] starttext This is a bit of text placefloat[sidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]{}{ startsidebartext This is a short sidebar stopsidebartext } And something to follow. A bit of text placemysidebar{}{ startsidebartext This is a short sidebar stopsidebartext } And something to follow. stoptext
Where’s the float type "sidebar" defined? AFAIK it’s not a default type. And it might interfere with the actual sidebar stuff from https://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/mkxl/anch-bar.mkxl, see also https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupsidebar Hraban Am 28.04.24 um 19:54 schrieb urban.m@ca.rr.com:
I swear I used to understand this stuff. I plead old age. Why do I get two different results from the float placements here:
\definefloat[mysidebar][mysidebars] \setupfloat[mysidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]
\defineframedtext [sidebartext] [width=.4\textwidth,bodyfont=small,corner=round,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=flushleft]
\starttext This is a bit of text \placefloat[sidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]{}{ \startsidebartext This is a short sidebar \stopsidebartext } And something to follow.
A bit of text \placemysidebar{}{ \startsidebartext This is a short sidebar \stopsidebartext } And something to follow.
\stoptext
urban.m@ca.rr.com schrieb am 28.04.2024 um 19:54:
I swear I used to understand this stuff. I plead old age. Why do I get two different results from the float placements here:
\definefloat[mysidebar][mysidebars] \setupfloat[mysidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]
1. You can't pass assignments and keywords to the same argument. 2. The \setupfloat command accepts only assignments as arguments, this means "outer" and "none" are ignored. To set a default location for the float use \setupfloat[...][default={outer,none}]
\defineframedtext [sidebartext] [width=.4\textwidth,bodyfont=small,corner=round,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=flushleft]
\starttext This is a bit of text \placefloat[sidebar][leftmargindistance=-.25in,rightmargindistance=-.25in,outer,none]{}{
1. You're again passing assignments and keywords with a single argument. 2. The \placefloat commands accepts only keywords and ignores all assignments, this means your distance settings have no effect. Wolfgang
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