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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-04-07 22:47:28 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-04-07 22:47:28 +0000 |
commit | 3f1971c9b7717818766692c9aa497e20e7472f2c (patch) | |
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parent | c7c3b090320a234149dbe23315e2a15a2773ac79 (diff) |
FAQ-en 3.19d (7apr10)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fixwidtab.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fixwidtab.html index 13691993be0..f6093cf7cf3 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fixwidtab.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fixwidtab.html @@ -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 “<code>15cm</code>” -or “<code>\</code><code>columnwidth</code>” here. You must also have an <code>\</code><code>extracolsep</code> +which takes a length specification: you can say things like “<code>15cm</code>” +or “<code>\</code><code>columnwidth</code>” 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’t want all gaps stretched, add +well; if you don’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’s more +columns which expand to fill the space available. If there’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 -“balancing” the space taken by the columns of a table. The package +“balancing” 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 “naturally” (i.e., on a piece of paper of unlimited width), and -allocates space to each column accordingly. There are “sanity -checks” so that really large entries don’t cause everything else to -collapse into nothingness (there’s a “maximum width” that any column -can exert), and so that tiny entries can’t get smaller than a +examines how long each column would be “naturally” (i.e., on a piece of paper of unlimited width), and +allocates space to each column accordingly. There are “sanity +checks” so that really large entries don’t cause everything else to +collapse into nothingness (there’s a “maximum width” that any column +can exert), and so that tiny entries can’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 -“side-effects” (for example, a counter used to produce a row-number +“side-effects” (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’s important +<i>longtable</i> and <i>tabularx</i> packages. It’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> |