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@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ can stretch particular cells in the table.
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>
-command in the <code>clpr</code> layout argument, inside an <code>@</code> directive. So,
-for example, one might have
+command in the <code>clpr</code> layout argument, inside an <code>@</code>
+directive. So, for example, one might have
<pre>
\begin{tabular*}{\columnwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lllr}
</pre>
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@ The <code>\</code><code>extracolsep</code> applies to all inter-column gaps to i
well; if you don&rsquo;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 than one <code>X</code> column in a
-table, the spare space is distributed between them.
+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
+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
-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
+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