Re: [NTG-context] Feature request
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Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
it would be great if the \placefigure macro could be extended to combinations like
\placefigure{top,left}
or
\placefigure{bottom,outer}
The reason for this request is that we use ConTeXt a lot for typesetting books from "arts and humanities".
There we often have to place a lot of (more then 100) figures at "fixed" positions like top-outer and bottom-inner, wrapped by text.
I guess it's not a trivial feature to be implemented in TeX's paragraph processing, but I know it might be worth the effort: ConTeXt's way to deal with fonts and text is so superior that it should be also accessible for disciplines that besides text also rely on images - as the arts and humanities do.
not trivial indeed, although it is more or less doable when you accept some limitations, e.g. if you have only text and graphics, use a grid, and have no other tricky stuff that can interfere (display math or so)
Hans
ok, agreed! But figure labels are needed (do they interfere?) Steffen
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Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
But figure labels are needed (do they interfere?)
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