> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > > > On 11/29/2014 10:49 AM, Mark Szepieniec wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to set a default width for figures with \setupfloat. However, > >> the command doesn't seem to be picking up the width specification, even > >> though the manual indicates it accepts a width= argument: > >> > >> \setupfloat[figure][width=2cm] > >> > >> \starttext > >> > >> \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[picture.png]} > >> > >> > >> \stoptext > >> > > > > just > > > > \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[picture.png][width=2cm]} > > > > > > > >> picture.png just gets inserted at its native size, rather than scaled to > >> have the specified width. What am I doing wrong? (setting minwidth > >> and/or maxwidth doesn't seem to work either) > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any assistance. > >> > >> Mark > > Sorry, I should have mentioned I was able to work around it by doing > exactly that, but I'd rather not have to edit all the \placefigure > instances if I decide to change the width. > > Also I'd like to use a different default width for graphics, so > \setupexternalfigures[width=XXXcm] wouldn't work well either. > > I realize I could define my own macros or something to solve this, but I'm > just puzzled that setting width in \setupfloat[figure] doesn't work. Am I > reading the manual wrong, or is is just not implemented yet or something? > (honest question) > > Thanks for your response, > > Mark >
Hi Mark, You can use \defineexternalfigure as in the following example. \defineexternalfigure[whatever][width=2cm] \starttext \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[picture.png][whatever]} \stoptext See also http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Floating_Objects Christoph
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