Wolfgang Schuster

Sample Code

Full page figures

The following macro allows me to include figures in my document and adjust them to have the size of a normal page.

\unprotect

\definesystemvariable{xx}

\def\fullpagebox
  {\dosingleempty\dofullpagebox}

\def\dofullpagebox[#1]%
  {\bgroup
   \getparameters[\??xx][\c!nx=1,\c!ny=1,#1]%
   \dowithnextbox
     {\!!widtha\dimexpr\paperwidth/\nextboxwd\relax
      \!!widthb\dimexpr\paperheight/\nextboxht\relax
      \ifdim\!!widtha>\!!widthb
        \setbox\nextbox\vbox\!!to\@@xxny\paperheight{\vss\expanded{\scale[\c!width=\@@xxnx\paperwidth]{\flushnextbox}}\vss}%
      \else
        \setbox\nextbox\hbox\!!to\@@xxnx\paperwidth{\hss\expanded{\scale[\c!height=\@@xxny\paperheight]{\flushnextbox}}\hss}%
      \fi
      \setbox\nextbox\hbox{\clip[\c!width=\@@xxnx\paperwidth,\c!height=\@@xxny\paperheight]{\flushnextbox}}%
      \startTEXpage
      \flushnextbox
      \stopTEXpage
      \egroup}%
   \hbox}

\def\fullpagefigure
  {\dodoubleempty\dofullpagefigure}

\def\dofullpagefigure[#1][#2]%
  {\ifsecondargument
     \fullpagebox[#1]{\externalfigure[#2]}%
   \else
     \fullpagebox[]{\externalfigure[#1]}%
   \fi}

\protect

\starttext

\fullpagefigure[image]

\fullpagefigure[nx=2][image]

\fullpagefigure[ny=2][image]

\stoptext

Feature Requests

• grid=yes option for \definelayout,
• temporary user variable for privat macros (see above),
• macro \defineuvervariable{...} to define namespaces for third party modules.

Links

• http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/www-rz/schwanbs/TeX/