[NTG-context] layout question

[Hans Hagen]

nico wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:58:58 +0200, richard rascher-friesenhausen  
> <richard at mevis.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hans Hagen schrieb:
>>     
>>> did you read details.pdf ? Lots of margin stuff with figures in there
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Hello,
>>
>> this weekend i looked a bit into details.pdf an came up with a solution
>> of my figure placing problem: [...]
>>
>> Now, the figures are at my desired places. But i have three different
>> kinds of figures and three different lists of figures.
>>
>> 1) Is it possible, to have only one list of figures, numbering all
>> figures with the same counter? My first
>>     attempts with \definecombinedlist did not work.
>>     
>
> Defining a new float gives another floating object with its own counter,  
>   

\definefloat[myfloat][figure]

will give you \myfloat which inherits from \figure


> list, etc.
>
> Maybe you can stay with only one kind of float. The following looks like  
> the expected rendering, but I don't understand the default placement of  
> the second large figure.
>
> \setuppapersize[A4][A4]
>
> \setuplayout[width=middle,
>               cutspace=2.3in,
>               margindistance=.25in,
>               leftmargin=0.5in,rightmargin=2.3in]
> \setuplayout[backspace=\dimexpr(\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance)]
>
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
>
> % float defs
> %-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> \setupfloat[figure][minwidth=\rightmarginwidth,
>                      criterium=\rightmarginwidth,
>                      location=middle,
>                      default={outermargin,here}]
>
> \showframe
> %=======================================================================
> \starttext
> %=======================================================================
> \placelistoffigures
> \hairline
>
> The very first page with a small image in the (bigger) margin.
> \placefigure
>    {a margin image}
>    {\framed[width=\marginwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \inmargin{Tufte text}
> \input tufte
>
> And now a larger image in the text and margin
> \placefigure[inner]{a text+margin image}
>    {\framed[width=1.2\textwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \dorecurse{14}{Some text. }
>
> \placefigure[middle]{a text image}
>    {\framed[width=.3\textwidth,height=1cm]{text image}}
>
> \dorecurse{14}{Some text.~}
>
> %-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> \page
> %-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The second page  with a small image in the (bigger) margin.
> \placefigure
>    {a margin image}
>    {\framed[width=\marginwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \input tufte
>
> And now a larger image in the text and margin
> %
> % Default placement sounds strange to me...
> % Force with middle to have the entire figure visible
> %
> %\placefigure{a text+margin image}
> \placefigure[middle]{a text+margin image}
>    {\framed[width=1.2\textwidth,height=3cm]{image}}
>
> \inmargin{Tufte text}
> \input tufte
>
> \placefigure[middle]{a text image}
>    {\framed[width=.3\textwidth,height=1cm]{text image}}
>
> \stoptext
>
> Regards,
> BG
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