R help - Jun 2004 - sweave: graphics not at the expected location in the pdf

Hi 

I use sweave for excellent pdf output (thank you- Friedrich Leisch). I
have just one problem. Quite often it happens, that the graphics are not
at the place where I expect them, but (often on a separate page) later
on in the pdf. How can I fix this, means how can I define, that I want a
graphic exactly here and now in the document?

Many thanks and best regards

Christoph
-- 
Christoph Lehmann <christoph.lehmann at gmx.ch>

This is actually a LaTeX question, not an R (or even Sweave, strictly 
speaking) question.

Here is what I have done. In the preamble, specify

\usepackage{here}

Then later on specify [H] when including a figure, as in:

\begin{figure}[H]
   \begin{center}
<<fig=TRUE,width=6.5,height=4>>plot(x,y)
@
     \caption{My plot\label{fig1}}
   \end{center}
\end{figure}

Is the "here" package *required* in order to use [H]? I don't
know. I
just found it mentioned in a LaTeX book, tried it, and it worked. The 
most helpful book I've found so far is
      Guide to LaTeX (fourth edition), by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly

And yes, Sweave is great!

-Don

At 1:51 PM +0200 6/25/04, Christoph Lehmann wrote:
>Hi
>
>I use sweave for excellent pdf output (thank you- Friedrich Leisch). I
>have just one problem. Quite often it happens, that the graphics are not
>at the place where I expect them, but (often on a separate page) later
>on in the pdf. How can I fix this, means how can I define, that I want a
>graphic exactly here and now in the document?
>
>Many thanks and best regards
>
>Christoph
>--
>Christoph Lehmann <christoph.lehmann at gmx.ch>
>
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On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 01:51:08PM +0200, Christoph Lehmann wrote:
> I use sweave for excellent pdf output (thank you- Friedrich Leisch). I
> have just one problem. Quite often it happens, that the graphics are not
> at the place where I expect them, but (often on a separate page) later
> on in the pdf. How can I fix this, means how can I define, that I want a
> graphic exactly here and now in the document?
This is not an R problem.  Standard LaTeX is squeamish about putting
figures on a pages where the fit is "tight".

Put

\renewcommand\floatpagefraction{.99}
\renewcommand\topfraction{.99}
\renewcommand\bottomfraction{.99}
\renewcommand\textfraction{.01}

in the document preamble.  You might have to play around with the
values a bit, make sure that \textfraction and the others add up to 1.

Best,

Tamas

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Hi Christoph,

Christoph Lehmann wrote on 25 Jun 2004 12:51:08 MET:

[...]
> Quite often it happens, that the graphics are not at the place
> where I expect them, but (often on a separate page) later on in
> the pdf. How can I fix this, means how can I define, that I
> want a graphic exactly here and now in the document?
Your email address implies that you can read german so here's
the German LaTeX FAQ pointer:

,----[ http://www.dante.de/faq/de-tex-faq/html/de-tex-faq.html ]
| 6.1.1 Wieso werden die meisten meiner Abbildungen an das Ende des
| Kapitels oder Dokuments verschoben?
| 
| 6.1.2 Wie kann ich die Default-Plazierungseinschrnkungen ndern?
| Ich mchte meine Abbildungen auch `h'ier plazieren, ohne jedesmal
| das optionale Argument angeben zu mssen.
| 
| 6.1.3 Wie mu ich die `float'-Parameter ndern, so da die
| Abbildungen und Tafeln gnstiger innerhalb eines Abschnitts
| verteilt werden?
| 
| 6.1.13 Wie kann ich Abbildungen oder Tafeln, die nicht innerhalb
| einer `figure'- oder `table'-Umgebung stehen, dennoch mit einer
| Bildunterschrift (Legende) versehen?
`----

Especially the last option might be interesting for you (using
the packet capt-of).

There's also an english FAQ at 

<URL:http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=floats>

showing some more approaches.

HTH,

Patrick
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