chin@ankh.ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) (08/08/90)
How is it possible to do the following in plain TeX:
xxxxxxx yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy zzzzzz
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I have tried using \halign but can't get it to work. Once you construct a
\vbox that goes beyond one line, will TeX "remember" which line to place
the "zzz" on when it finishes constructing "yyy"?
thanks.
albert chin ... mthvax!mamia!alberttchow@ub.d.umn.edu (Timothy Chow) (08/09/90)
E-mail bounced. In article <CHIN.90Aug8015827@ankh.ankh.ftl.fl.us> chin@ankh.ankh.ftl.fl.us (Albert Chin) writes: >How is it possible to do the following in plain TeX: > >xxxxxxx yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy zzzzzz > yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy > yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Below is one solution. Note that the struts are necessary to get the baselines spaced properly. \hbox to\hsize{ \hsize=1in \vtop{Left side.} \hfill \hsize=4in \vtop{\noindent This is a slightly longer paragraph. I will fill it with junk just to make sure that it takes several lines to typeset. Of course, I could just type nonsense, but then \TeX's hyphenation algorithm wouldn't work properly, would it? Besides, it gives me a chance to practice my typing.\strut} \hfill \hsize=1in \vtop{Right side.} } \strut And this is the next paragraph. -- Timothy Chow tchow@ub.d.umn.edu