Try to compile this with and without the first line:
\setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \input tufte \placefigure[right]{}{% \externalfigure[hacker][width=.33\textwidth]% }% \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext With \setupbackend[export=yes] the image is placed "here" and never "right" or "left". Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________