[vox-tech] latex: flowing around text

[Jonathan Stickel]

I'll file this away and make a mental note.  Thanks :)

Personally, I've had success with floatflt.sty, which uses syntax from 
the graphicx package.  But I didn't use it near lists, which may cause 
problems (according to your reference).

Jonathan


Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> occasionally i'll find a google groups link that's so useful that it'll
> come up again and again in my searches.  i happen to know that we have a
> few more latex users here than we did a couple of years ago, so i'm
> posting this in hopes that it'll be as useful to other people as it has
> been for me.  this is a truly wonderful post:
> 
> http://www.google.com/groups?q=flow+around+text+group:comp.text.tex&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3unt1u%24i3r%40krant.cs.ruu.nl&rnum=1
> 
> the guy compares and contrasts different ways of getting text to flow
> around floats.
> 
> the reason why this is so noteworthy is:
> 
> 1. the topic is not mentioned in the lamport book.
> 
> 2. the topic is covered in the companion book, but the information is so
>    old that it's wrong.  for example, my hat is off to anybody who
>    actually gets parpic to work well...
> 
> 
> fwiw, i've found that picins is the best solution for wrapping text
> around a float.  here is an example of picins in use:
> 
>    \usepackage{epic,eepic,picins}
> 
>    \parpic{%
>    \begin{picture}(150,50)
>    \put(5,10){\vector(2,3){20}}
>    \put(5,25){$\vec{A}$}
>    \put(28,20){$+$}
>    %
>    \put(55,13){\vector(-1,2){10}}
>    \put(54,23){$\vec{B}$}
>    %
>    \put(75,20){$=$}
>    %
>    \put(100,0){\vector(2,3){20}}
>    \put(113,8){$\vec{A}$}
>    \put(121,30){\vector(-1,2){10}}
>    \put(118,38){$\vec{B}$}
>    \put(98,0){\vector(1,4){12}}
>    \put(93,22){$\vec{C}$}
>    \end{picture}%
>    }%
>    %
>    The rule for adding vectors in geometric notation is: Put the two
>    vectors `heel to toe', and then draw an arrow that goes from the heel of
>    the first vector to the toe of the second vector.  In the diagram to the
>    left, when you add $\vec{A}$ and $\vec{B}$, you get $\vec{C}$.
> 
> 
> works very well.  a couple of notes:
> 
> 1. the "%" characters are comment characters.  they help avoid
>    extraneous newlines.
> 
> 2. don't use epic without using eepic.  vectors/lines that aren't
>    horizontal, vertical or 45 degrees come out MUCH better drawn.
> 
> pete
>