irv@cwi.nl (Irv Elshoff) (04/09/91)
Greetings. I would like to create a LaTeX document that contains both single and double-column text on the same page. For example, something that looks like: +--------------------+ | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | | | | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | +--------------------+ Furthermore, I would like the text in the double-column parts to be automatically balanced, i.e., the bottoms of both columns should lie in a horizontal line (I accept the fact that the right-hand column might have to be one line shorter.) I have tried to do this using the minipage environment, parboxes, the twocolumn style, and the twocolumn directive, in various combinations, and all to no avail. I keep getting unbalanced columns in two-column mode, unwanted page breaks (no amount of \nopagebreak-ing seems to help) very long columns, and a right-hand column overlaying a page of one-column text. In short, a real mess. Does anyone know how to do what I want? I would be very grateful for any help. Cheers, I.J.P. Elshoff (irv@cwi.nl) Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science Amsterdam
xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (04/10/91)
/* irv@cwi.nl (Irv Elshoff) wrote */: * * I would like to create a LaTeX document that contains * both single and double-column text on the same page. * For example, something that looks like: * * +--------------------+ * | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | * | | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * | | * | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | * | | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx | * +--------------------+ * * Furthermore, I would like the text in the double-column * parts to be automatically balanced, i.e., the bottoms of * both columns should lie in a horizontal line (I accept * the fact that the right-hand column might have to be one * line shorter.) ``multicol.sty'' should be able to do this. It is ftp'able from ymir.claremont.edu. See Raymond's supplement info or Don Hosek's signature for more info. -- xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet
anita@chopin.udel.edu (Anita Marie Hoover) (04/11/91)
In article <69980@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) writes:
=>/* irv@cwi.nl (Irv Elshoff) wrote */:
=>*
=>* I would like to create a LaTeX document that contains
=>* both single and double-column text on the same page.
=>* For example, something that looks like:
=>*
=>* +--------------------+
=>* | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
=>* | |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* | |
=>* | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
=>* | |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* | xxxxxxx xxxxxxx |
=>* +--------------------+
=>*
=>* Furthermore, I would like the text in the double-column
=>* parts to be automatically balanced, i.e., the bottoms of
=>* both columns should lie in a horizontal line (I accept
=>* the fact that the right-hand column might have to be one
=>* line shorter.)
=>
=>``multicol.sty'' should be able to do this. It is ftp'able from
=>ymir.claremont.edu. See Raymond's supplement info or Don Hosek's
=>signature for more info.
=>--
I looked at the FTP site listing and saw that ymir.claremont.edu and
sol.cs.ruu.nl were listed for multicol.sty. However I could not find it
on ymir.claremont.edu and multicol.zoo was on sol.cs.ruu.nl.
Anybody at these sites know where it is?
dhosek@newton.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (04/11/91)
In article <16901@chopin.udel.edu>, anita@chopin.udel.edu (Anita Marie Hoover) writes: > I looked at the FTP site listing and saw that ymir.claremont.edu and > sol.cs.ruu.nl were listed for multicol.sty. However I could not find it > on ymir.claremont.edu and multicol.zoo was on sol.cs.ruu.nl. > Anybody at these sites know where it is? ymir.claremont.edu [anonymous.tex.inputs.latex-contrib] multicol.readme lists the requisite files. -dh -- Don Hosek | To retrieve files from ymir via the mailserver, dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu | send a message to mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu Quixote Digital Typography | with a line saying send [DIRECTORY]FILENAME 714-625-0147 | where DIRECTORY is the FTP directory (sans ---------------------------+ "anonymous") and FILENAME is the filename, e.g. "send [tex]00readme.txt". There is a list of files in each directory under the name 00files.txt. Binary files are not available by this technique.
nico@cs.ruu.nl (Nico Verwer) (04/11/91)
In <16901@chopin.udel.edu> anita@chopin.udel.edu (Anita Marie Hoover) writes: > >I looked at the FTP site listing and saw that ymir.claremont.edu and >sol.cs.ruu.nl were listed for multicol.sty. However I could not find it >on ymir.claremont.edu and multicol.zoo was on sol.cs.ruu.nl. >Anybody at these sites know where it is? The extension .zoo in multicol.zoo means that this file is a compressed archive, possibly containig multiple files. When you do image hash cd TEX/latexstyle on the archive server sol.cs.ruu.nl, you can get multicol.zoo and you will receive the packed file (saves transfer time, too!). You should then un-zoo it, by running zoo -extract multicol.zoo which will result in the following files being created: > Archive multicol.zoo: > Length CF Size Now Date Time > -------- --- -------- --------- -------- > 1735 37% 1089 26 Feb 91 16:35:24+64 e2cb doc.bug > 21789 54% 10100 26 Feb 91 16:35:26+64 7157 doc.sty > 3014 44% 1690 26 Feb 91 16:35:26+64 dd15 docstrip.cmd > 15310 57% 6585 26 Feb 91 16:35:26+64 86a2 docstrip.tex > 3007 39% 1828 26 Feb 91 16:35:26+64 d080 gglo.ist > 2610 39% 1602 26 Feb 91 16:35:26+64 faa5 gind.ist > 12595 52% 6078 26 Feb 91 16:35:28+64 455d ltugboat.sty > 1543 34% 1018 26 Feb 91 16:35:28+64 7027 multicol.bug > 56519 55% 25552 26 Feb 91 16:35:30+64 19d8 multicol.doc > 4601 47% 2443 26 Feb 91 16:35:30+64 e6b9 multicol.tex > 4545 41% 2675 26 Feb 91 16:35:30+64 f4d2 newdoc.sty > 3958 49% 2013 26 Feb 91 16:35:30+64 034a readme.mz > 3463 48% 1795 26 Feb 91 16:35:30+64 6740 readme.mz1 > 21538 51% 10464 26 Feb 91 16:35:32+64 2304 tugboat.com > -------- --- -------- --------- -------- > 156227 52% 74932 14 files If you don't have zoo, you're in trouble. However, there are PD implementations for most micros (PC, Atari, Amiga, Mac), and also on sol.cs.ruu.nl there is a file zoo-2.01.tar.Z in the directory UNIX. It is worth having, because someday you'll want to extract more zoo-archives. Hope this helps, -- Nico Verwer | nico@cs.ruu.nl Dept. of Computer Science, University of Utrecht | phone: +31 30 533921 p.o. box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands | fax: +31 30 513791