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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-textflow.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-textflow.html index 23ba2a7e108..6c750c2c146 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-textflow.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-textflow.html @@ -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 “part line widths” (two per line), and +typesets the “cutout” 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’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> |