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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dpfloat.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dpfloat.html index a0b69a2f585..8f9814bbb09 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dpfloat.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dpfloat.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label dpfloat</title> </head><body> <h3>Facing floats on 2-page spread</h3> -<p/>If a pair of floats are to be forced to form a 2-page spread (in a +<p/>If a pair of floats need to be forced to form a 2-page spread (in a book, or whatever), the first must lie on the left side of the spread, on an even-numbered page. The <i>dpfloat</i> package provides for this: the construction to use is: @@ -20,10 +20,37 @@ this: the construction to use is: \end{figure} </pre> </blockquote><p> -The construction has no effect unless the standard class option -<code>twoside</code> is in effect. +The construction has no effect on documents with class option +<code>oneside</code> (<code>twoside</code> is the default for +<i>book</i> class). +<p/>A special case of this requirement places the caption for a float on +the next page. (This is useful if you have a float that “only just” +fits the page.) You can (with a certain amount of twiddling) make +this work with <i>dpfloat</i>, but the <i>fltpage</i> package is +specially designed for the job: +<blockquote> +<pre> +\documentclass[twoside]{article} +\usepackage[leftFloats]{fltpage} +\begin{document} +... +\begin{FPfigure} + \includegraphics{my-huge-figure} + \caption{Whew! That was a big one!} +\end{FPfigure} +... +\end{document} +</pre> +</blockquote><p> +That example should produce a caption +<blockquote> + Figure <em>n (facing page)</em>: Whew! … +</blockquote><p> +(Note, however, that the package is an old one, and declares itself to +be a beta release. I seems to work, but…) <dl> <dt><tt><i>dpfloat.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dpfloat.zip">macros/latex/contrib/dpfloat</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dpfloat/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/dpfloat.html">catalogue entry</a> +<dt><tt><i>fltpage.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fltpage.zip">macros/latex/contrib/fltpage</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/fltpage/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/fltpage.html">catalogue entry</a> </dl> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dpfloat">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dpfloat</a> </body> |