Indeed I also get the results as you describe them. When looking at the file *.tmp then you see, that the figure is generated on the fly. When external figure is issued, then the textwidth is the base and therefore the figure ends up leftaligned. -- In such cases I prefer to have the figures prepared in a separate pdf-file by means of \startTEXpage -- \stopTEXpage. Afterwards I include the TEXpages with \externalfigure referencing the page in the file obtained. -- In my experience this makes the runs faster.
Kind regards Willi M.J. Kallen wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to determine how to best insert a figure/graph created using the > tikz/pgf module (I'm using v1.10). The attached sample file compares the > result of just using \placefigure and \placefigure with > \startcombination[1*1]. In the first case, the result is not centered (which > should be default in ConTeXt, if I'm correct) but flushed left. Only if I > place the figure inside a \startcombination by using \input, do I get the > desired result. If I use \externalfigure inside the \startcombination, I > again get an incorrect result. > > In theory, the first version should work but some special settings (using > e.g. \useexternalfigure) may be required. I do not know why the second > version does work. Does anyone have an idea? > > Thanks, > > Maarten-Jan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > \usemodule[tikz] > \setupfloat[figure][location=middle,frame=on] > > \starttext > > \startbuffer[tikz] > \starttikzpicture > \draw[red,thick] (0,0) -- (1,1) > {[rounded corners] -- (2,0) -- (3,1)} > -- (3,0) -- (2,1); > \stoptikzpicture > \stopbuffer > > \placefigure > [here] > [fig:test1] > {The figure is flushed left, whereas it should be centered.} > {\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]} > > \placefigure > [here] > [fig:test2] > {Using \type{\startcombination[1*1]} together with \type{\input}, the > result looks as expected.} > {\startcombination[1*1] > {\input test-pgf-tikz.tmp } {} > \stopcombination > } > > \placefigure > [here] > [fig:test3] > {Using \type{\startcombination[1*1]} together with > \type{\externalfigure}, the result looks again as in the first figure.} > {\startcombination[1*1] > {\externalfigure[tikz.tmp]} {} > \stopcombination > } > > > \stoptext > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context