newcommand for hvfloat

Question

Using the hvfloat package:

\documentclass[pdftex,10pt,b5paper,twoside]{report} 
\usepackage[showframe,lmargin=25mm,rmargin=25mm,tmargin=27mm,bmargin=30mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{hvfloat}

\begin{document}

\appendix
\chapter{Test chapter}

\hvFloat[%
floatPos=htb,%
capVPos=c,%
rotAngle=90,
objectPos=c]{figure}{\includegraphics[width=353pt,height=290pt]{image}}%
[Commercial crude oil inventories, SPX excess returns, S\&P GCSI excess return time series]{Commercial crude oil inventories calculated as the logarithm of the current value divided by the mean of same weekly values over the past 5 years, Log excess returns on the S\&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index,  Log excess returns on the S\&P 500 index.}{fig:test}

\end{document}

can I in any way write a function that automatically rotate the "object" (rotAngle), depending on if the figure is on a even or odd page:

Have tried:

\usepackage{ifthen}
\newcommand{\currentside}{\ifthenelse{\isodd{\thepage}}{270}{90}}

rotAngle = \currentside

But can't get i to work.. Anyone have a suggestion?

Answer 1

Define a special key which then takes the label of the image into account with \pageref{..}

\documentclass[b5paper,twoside]{report} 
\usepackage[showframe,lmargin=25mm,rmargin=25mm,tmargin=27mm,bmargin=30mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{hvfloat}
\makeatletter
\define@key{hvSet}{RotAngle}[]{%
  \ifx\relax#1\relax\def\hvSet@rotAngle{90}\else
    \ifodd\pageref{#1}\def\hvSet@rotAngle{90}\else\def\hvSet@rotAngle{270}\fi\fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\appendix
\chapter{Test chapter}

\hvFloat[%
floatPos=htb,%
capVPos=c,%
RotAngle=fig:test,
objectPos=c]{figure}{\includegraphics[width=300pt,height=290pt]{image}}%
[Commercial crude oil inventories, SPX excess returns, S\&P GCSI excess return time series]{Commercial crude oil inventories calculated as the logarithm of the current value divided by the mean of same weekly values over the past 5 years, Log excess returns on the S\&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index,  Log excess returns on the S\&P 500 index.}{fig:test}

\clearpage

\hvFloat[
floatPos=htb,
capVPos=c,
RotAngle=fig:testA,
objectPos=c]{figure}{\includegraphics[width=353pt,height=290pt]{image}}%
[Commercial crude oil inventories, SPX excess returns, S\&P GCSI excess return time series]{Commercial crude oil inventories calculated as the logarithm of the current value divided by the mean of same weekly values over the past 5 years, Log excess returns on the S\&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index,  Log excess returns on the S\&P 500 index.}{fig:testA}

\clearpage

\hvFloat[
floatPos=htb,
capVPos=c,
RotAngle=,
objectPos=c]{figure}{\includegraphics[width=353pt,height=290pt]{image}}%
[Commercial crude oil inventories, SPX excess returns, S\&P GCSI excess return time series]{Commercial crude oil inventories calculated as the logarithm of the current value divided by the mean of same weekly values over the past 5 years, Log excess returns on the S\&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index,  Log excess returns on the S\&P 500 index.}{fig:testB}
\end{document}

Answer 2

I would suggest you to create a command with the \ifthenelse setting the whole \hvFloat stuff, insted of just an argument for one of its options. Something like:

 \hvFloat[floatPos=htb,capVPos=c,rotAngle=90,objectPos=c]% options
     {figure}%     float type
     {\includegraphics[width=353pt,height=290pt]{#1}}%     object: Argument #1 Stands for the image location
     [#2]%     Arg #2 = short caption
     {#3}%     Arg #3 = long caption
     {#4}%     Arg #4 = label
 }{    
 \hvFloat[floatPos=htb,capVPos=c,rotAngle=270,objectPos=c]%     options
     {figure}%     float type
     {\includegraphics[width=353pt,height=290pt]{#1}}%     object: Argument #1 Stands for the image location
     [#2]%     Arg #2 = short caption
     {#3}%     Arg #3 = long caption
     {#4}%     Arg #4 = label
 }
}

(But that didn't work here...)

I managed to do something like without the hvfloat package, but I don't know if it suits your needs:

\newcommand{\currentside}[2]{\ifthenelse{\isodd{\thepage}}{%
  \begin{figure}[htb]%
   \includegraphics[height=\textwidth,angle=270]{#1}%
   \caption{#2}%
  \end{figure}%
 }{%
  \begin{figure}[htb]%
   \includegraphics[height=\textwidth,angle=90]{#1}%
   \caption{#2}%
  \end{figure}%
 }%
}