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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-04-07 22:47:28 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-04-07 22:47:28 +0000
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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ LaTeX: you can make the gaps between the columns stretch, or you
can stretch particular cells in the table.
<p/>Basic LaTeX can make the gaps stretch: the <code>tabular*</code>
environment takes an extra argument (before the <code>clpr</code> layout one)
-which takes a length specification: you can say things like &ldquo;<code>15cm</code>&rdquo;
-or &ldquo;<code>\</code><code>columnwidth</code>&rdquo; here. You must also have an <code>\</code><code>extracolsep</code>
+which takes a length specification: you can say things like &#8220;<code>15cm</code>&#8221;
+or &#8220;<code>\</code><code>columnwidth</code>&#8221; here. You must also have an <code>\</code><code>extracolsep</code>
command in the <code>clpr</code> layout argument, inside an <code>@</code>
directive. So, for example, one might have
<pre>
@@ -16,37 +16,37 @@ directive. So, for example, one might have
</pre>
The <code>\</code><code>extracolsep</code> applies to all inter-column gaps to its right as
-well; if you don&rsquo;t want all gaps stretched, add
+well; if you don&#8217;t want all gaps stretched, add
<code>\</code><code>extracolsep{0pt}</code> to cancel the original.
<p/>The <i>tabularx</i> package defines an extra <code>clpr</code> column
specification, <code>X</code>; <code>X</code> columns behave as <code>p</code>
-columns which expand to fill the space available. If there&rsquo;s more
+columns which expand to fill the space available. If there&#8217;s more
than one <code>X</code> column in a table, the spare space is distributed
between them.
<p/>The <i>tabulary</i> package (by the same author) provides a way of
-&ldquo;balancing&rdquo; the space taken by the columns of a table. The package
+&#8220;balancing&#8221; the space taken by the columns of a table. The package
defines column specifications <code>C</code>, <code>L</code>, <code>R</code> and
<code>J</code>, giving, respectively, centred, left, right and
fully-justified versions of space-sharing columns. The package
-examines how long each column would be &ldquo;naturally&rdquo; (i.e., on a piece of paper of unlimited width), and
-allocates space to each column accordingly. There are &ldquo;sanity
-checks&rdquo; so that really large entries don&rsquo;t cause everything else to
-collapse into nothingness (there&rsquo;s a &ldquo;maximum width&rdquo; that any column
-can exert), and so that tiny entries can&rsquo;t get smaller than a
+examines how long each column would be &#8220;naturally&#8221; (i.e., on a piece of paper of unlimited width), and
+allocates space to each column accordingly. There are &#8220;sanity
+checks&#8221; so that really large entries don&#8217;t cause everything else to
+collapse into nothingness (there&#8217;s a &#8220;maximum width&#8221; that any column
+can exert), and so that tiny entries can&#8217;t get smaller than a
specified minimum. Of course, all this work means that the package
has to typeset each row several times, so things that leave
-&ldquo;side-effects&rdquo; (for example, a counter used to produce a row-number
+&#8220;side-effects&#8221; (for example, a counter used to produce a row-number
somewhere) are inevitably unreliable, and should not even be tried.
<p/>The <i>ltxtable</i> package combines the features of the
-<i>longtable</i> and <i>tabularx</i> packages. It&rsquo;s important
+<i>longtable</i> and <i>tabularx</i> packages. It&#8217;s important
to read the documentation, since usage is distinctly odd; the
distribution contains no more than a file <i>ltxtable.tex</i>, which you
should process using LaTeX. Processing will give you a <i>.sty</i>
file as well as the <i>.dvi</i> or <i>.pdf</i> output containing the
documentation.
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>ltxtable.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle.zip">macros/latex/contrib/carlisle</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>tabularx.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>ltxtable.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle.zip">macros/latex/contrib/carlisle</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ltxtable.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>tabularx.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tabularx.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>tabulary.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabulary.zip">macros/latex/contrib/tabulary</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/tabulary/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fixwidtab">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fixwidtab</a>