Command/startpostponing

\startpostponing ... \stoppostponing

Summary

The environment \startpostponing ... \stoppostponing is used to postpone typesetting something

Settings

\startpostponing[...] ... \stoppostponing
[...]	[+-]number

Description

The contents of the block are not typeset immediately, but are inserted into the stream on a specific page (e.g. \startpostponing[2]) or a specific number of pages after the current one (e.g. \startpostponing[+2]). Most commonly used for figures or tables that one wishes to put on the next page.

Examples

Example from Hans

• % arranging setup for demonstration purposes
  \setuppapersize[A7][A5] \showframe
  \setuppaper[nx=2,ny=2]
  \setuparranging[XY]
  
  \startpostponing[2]
    PAGE 2 \blank
  \stoppostponing
  
  \startpostponing[+1]
    PAGE +1 \blank
  \stoppostponing
  
  \startpostponing[+2]
    PAGE +2 \blank
  \stoppostponing
  
  \starttext\dorecurse{4}{\input tufte \page} \stoptext
  

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See also

• page-pst.mkiv

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