langer@aero.org (John V. Langer) (05/15/91)
Does anyone know how to use a \parbox (or a \minipage) as a supertabular entry? When I try, LaTeX/supertabular seem to count each supertabular entry as one line -- regardless of how many lines the \parbox really represents -- so that the table flows off the page. Then, strangely, the next page is blank! I'm afraid that I don't understand .sty files well enough to properly diagnose, let alone fix, this problem. ANY help would be most welcome! A shortened example LaTeX set-up that demonstrates the problem is appended. -- John Langer =============================================================================== | langer@aerospace.aero.org | jvl@mickey.aero.org | langer@130.221.192.10 | =============================================================================== \documentstyle[supertabular]{article} \begin{document} \tablehead{\hline Ster&Harvardnr&max&periode&\multicolumn{3}{l|}{Datum}\\ \hline} \tabletail{\hline} \begin{supertabular}{|llrrrrr|} SS Cas &000451 & 8.8&140.57&30&jan&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline SS Cas &000451 & 8.8&140.57& 7&nov&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline T And &001726 & 7.7&280.76&10&aug&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline R And &001838 & 5.6&409.33&18&jun&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline RV Cas &004746a& 7.3&331.68& 8&mei&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline . . 100 or so similar lines . RW Peg &225914 & 8.8&208.43&23&aug&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline V Cas &230759 & 6.9&228.83&18&feb&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline W Peg &231425 & 7.9&344.92&27&apr&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline S Peg &231508 & 7.1&319.22& 4&dec&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline Z Peg &235525 & 7.7&325.47&23&jun&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\\ \end{supertabular} \end{document} -- =============================================================================== | langer@aerospace.aero.org | jvl@mickey.aero.org | langer@130.221.192.10 | ===============================================================================
piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) (05/17/91)
>>>>> langer@aero.org (John V. Langer) (JVL) writes:
JVL> Does anyone know how to use a \parbox (or a \minipage) as a supertabular
JVL> entry? When I try, LaTeX/supertabular seem to count each supertabular
JVL> entry as one line -- regardless of how many lines the \parbox really
JVL> represents -- so that the table flows off the page. Then, strangely,
JVL> the next page is blank!
Supertab has to count it as one line because it can't figure out the height
of the line. The newest version supports the p{} command which can figure
out the height of the parbox. This will solve your problem.
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In article <1991May15.010120.11557@aero.org>, langer@aero.org (John V. Langer) writes: > Does anyone know how to use a \parbox (or a \minipage) as a supertabular > entry? When I try, LaTeX/supertabular seem to count each supertabular > entry as one line -- regardless of how many lines the \parbox really > represents -- so that the table flows off the page. Then, strangely, > the next page is blank! This is the behaviour of a very old version of supertabular. I suggest you get the most recent version, much enhanced, new features, other algorithm, from LISTSERV@HEARN. It si in the file SUPERTAB STY and SUPERTAB TEX contains some examples. -- Johannes Braams PTT Research Neher Laboratorium, P.O. box 421, 2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : JL_Braams@pttrnl.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------