Command/startpostponing

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\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
    

Notes

See also

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