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@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@ LaTeX document).
good), the documentation is in German. Piet van Oostrum has written
a summary in English.
</dl>
-Plain TeX users only have one option: <i>figflow</i> (which
+All of the above deal insertions at one or other margin; they are able
+to take advantage of the TeX <code>\</code><code>parshape</code> primitive that allows
+you to adjust the margins of the text of a paragraph, by line (Knuth
+provides an example of such use, with text typeset in a circle,
+half-overlapping the margin, in chapter 14 of the TeXbook). To
+place insertions in the middle of a paragraph requires effort of an
+entirely different sort; the <i>cutwin</i> package does this for
+you. It requires a set of &#8220;part line widths&#8221; (two per line), and
+typesets the &#8220;cutout&#8221; section of the paragraph line by line. The
+examples in the package documentation look enticing.
+<p/>Plain TeX users only have one option: <i>figflow</i> (which
doesn&#8217;t work in LaTeX). <i>Figflow</i> only offers flowed
figures at the start of the paragraph, but it seems perfectly
functional. Syntax is
@@ -73,6 +83,7 @@ functional. Syntax is
(the user is responsible for having the dimensions correct, and for
ensuring the figure fits on the page).
<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>cutwin.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cutwin.zip">macros/latex/contrib/cutwin</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cutwin/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cutwin.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>figflow.tex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/figflow.zip">macros/plain/contrib/figflow</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/figflow/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/figflow.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>floatflt.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt.zip">macros/latex/contrib/floatflt</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/floatflt.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>picins.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex209/contrib/picins.zip">macros/latex209/contrib/picins</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex209/contrib/picins/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/picins.html">catalogue entry</a>