Piotr Kopszak wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> This is a more general question so I'm not attaching any specific
> code examples but rather will try to explain what I'm thinking
> about. I'm going to typeset a catalogue of about 200 objects. Each
> entry consists of two main parts: a block of text and a photograph of the
> object. As we have to be economic rather than luxurious I adjust
> manually the size of each figure so that the text fills the rest of the
> page entirely. That means I keep on incrementing the figure width
> until the text spills onto next page, then I go back to the last value
> that was OK. Sometimes I have to squeeze two entries on one page so
> that each occupies half of a page. Perfectly repetitive task at which
> computer would do much better than human. Sorry if it's something
> trivial but I couldn't find any solution on my own.
>
> Thanks for any hints in advance
>
i have no time to explain the details so it's up to you to wikify this ...
\showframe
\newcounter\WhateverCounter
% quick and dirty, each text + figure gets half a page and the
% graphic fills the available area
\long\def\StartWhatever[#1]#2\StopWhatever
{\blank
#2
\blank
\doglobal\increment\WhateverCounter
\startlinecorrection
\ifodd\WhateverCounter\relax
% first on page
\scratchdimen\dimexpr.5\textheight-\pagetotal-\lineheight\relax
\expanded{\externalfigure[#1][frame=on,height=\the\scratchdimen]}
\else
% second on page
\scratchdimen\dimexpr\pagegoal-\pagetotal-\lineheight\relax
\expanded{\externalfigure[#1][frame=on,height=\the\scratchdimen]}
\fi
\stoplinecorrection}
% distribute the graphics over the page
\long\def\StartWhatever[#1]#2\StopWhatever
{\blank
#2
\blank
\doglobal\increment\WhateverCounter
\hpos{b:\WhateverCounter}{\strut}
\vfill
\scratchdimen\dimexpr\MPy{b:\WhateverCounter}-\MPy{e:\WhateverCounter}+\lineheight\relax
\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\expanded{\externalfigure[#1][frame=on,height=\the\scratchdimen]}}
\ht\scratchbox\strutheight
\hpos{e:\WhateverCounter}{\strut\box\scratchbox}
\ifodd\WhateverCounter\relax
\else
\page
\fi}
\starttext
\dorecurse{20} {
\StartWhatever[cow.pdf]
\getrandomcount\scratchcounter{1}{3}
\input \ifcase\scratchcounter tufte \or davis \or ward \or zapf \else bryson \fi \relax
\StopWhatever
}
\stoptext
implementing solutions is not that hard; it mostly depends on preferences and boundary conditions
Hans
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