texinfo: Floats

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12.1 Floats
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A "float" is a display which is set off from the main text.  It is
typically labeled as being a "Figure", "Table", "Example", or some
similar type.

  A float is so-named because, in principle, it can be moved to the
bottom or top of the current page, or to a following page, in the
printed output.  (Floating does not make sense in other output formats.)
In the present version of Texinfo, however, this floating is
unfortunately not yet implemented.  Instead, the floating material is
simply output at the current location, more or less as if it were an
'@group' (Note: @group).

@float

Producing floating material.

@caption @shortcaption

Specifying descriptions for floats.

@listoffloats

A table of contents for floats.