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Subject:      LaTeX Figure placement
Status: R


LaTeX Figure placement


 Grant B. Gustafson says

 > There are lots of examples where LaTeX's algorithm works.
 > That is why Lamport released it: it works often enough to
 > be useful! There are lots of examples where it doesn't
 > work as expected [BUT IT DOES WORK AS DOCUMENTED IN THE
 > LATEX MANUAL AND IN LATEX.TEX!].

     The emphasized sentence is widely believed, but
doubt it after seeing problems reported originally as bugs
in my "boxedeps" utility for inserting PostScript graphics.

 [boxedeps.* is found on ftp.matups.matups.fr.]

     I invite readers to examine the LaTeX figure insert
documentation. Then read the tiny test file below, and predict
the outcome(s).  Finally, run the test and see how your
predictions compare with fact.

     Or for an easy ride, run the test and then explain the
observed behavior to me on the basis of LaTeX documentation.

    Laurent S


 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 %%% LaTeX \figure misfeatures (bugs?)
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\documentstyle[art10]{article}
\begin{document}


Standard pagetop.
\vfill
  For lots more fun replace some of the two \verb|\relax|
below by some of the following: \verb|\caption{Figure}|
or \verb|\vskip0pt| or \verb|\vss|.
\vfill
Standard pagebottom.
\eject

 \setbox0=\hbox{\vrule height 0pt depth 300pt width \hsize}

Lots of room left!

\begin{figure}
  \vbox to 300pt{\relax
   \copy0
   \relax
   }
\end{figure}


\end{document}

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 %%% End of LaTeX \figure misfeatures
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%