Re: [Groff] Wrapping Text Arond Figures and Captions

[Denis M. Wilson]

Hello Ralph,

The basic problem is to split the lines into a lot of segments
of different lengths -- pasting the segments into place
would then be possible. The solution to the centred picture is to
make the line length equal to the left/right margin, and paste
each with one-line traps (or the diversion trap). In the
more general case the .ll request does not take effect in time. The
parshape command of TeX could do that, but I don't know TeX well enough
to know if the individual lines could be moved around.

Denis

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:10:21 +0000
Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Denis,
> 
> > What I cannot see is how to wrap text round a non-centred pic, or
> > even harder, something like:
> > 
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx .---------. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx |         | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx |         | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx |         | xxxxxxxx .------. xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx |         | xxxxxxxx |      | xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx |         | xxxxxxxx |      | xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxx `---------' xxxxxxxx |      | xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |      | xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |      | xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx `------' xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> If they only overlap vertically and not horizontally, then could this
> be looked at as 
> 
>     nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
>     !!!!! llllllllllllllllllllllllllll
>     !!!!! llllllllllllllllllllllllllll
>     !!!!! cccc @@@@@ ccccccccccccccccc
>     !!!!! cccc @@@@@ ccccccccccccccccc
>     !!!!! rrrr @@@@@ cccc ##### cccccc
>     !!!!! ccccccccccccccc ##### cccccc
>     ccccccccccccccccccccc ##### cccccc
>     ccccccccccccccccccccc ##### cccccc
>     rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr $$$$$
>     rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr $$$$$
>     nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
> 
> Where address@hidden are pictures and
> 
>     n -- normal text.
>     l -- picture on the left edge.
>     c -- picture in `centre'.
>     r -- ...on right edge.
> 
> The key thing being the `r' which is used for all but the optional
> far-left picture and the final one of it's not against the edge.
> Butting the codes against their picture, a longer example would be
> 
>     !!!!! rrrrrr@@@@@ rrrrrr##### rrrrrr$$$$$ cccccc%%%%%cccccc
> 
> Cheers, Ralph.
> 


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