paracol (v1.31): a multi-column package to typeset columns in "parallel". === Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Hiroshi Nakashima (Kyoto Univerisity) This package can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License distributed from CTAN archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either version 1 of the License, or any later version. === [Contents] - README ............ this document - paracol.ins ....... for docstrip - paracol.dtx ....... main dtx for manual and implementation document - man.dtx ........... source of Section 1 to 6 of user's manual - ref.dtx ........... source of Section 7 of user's manual - pwfnote.dtx ....... source of Section 8 of user's manual - ppts.dtx .......... source of Section 9 of user's manual - bgpaint.dtx ....... source of Section 10 of user's manual - probs.dtx ......... source of Section 11 of user's manual - impl.dtx .......... source of implementation document - paracol-man.pdf ... PDF of user's manual [How to "make"] % tex paracol.ins # you'll have paracol.sty and paracol-man.tex # to have user's manual (its PDF is included in the distribution) % latex paracol-man % latex paracol-man # you need do it twice to make index correct. % makeindex -s gind.ist -o paracol-man.ind paracol-man.idx % latex paracol-man # to have implementation document of almmost 300 pages(!!) % latex paracol.dtx % latex paracol.dtx # you need do it twice to make index correct. % makeindex -s gind.ist -o paracol.ind paracol.idx % makeindex -s gglo.ist -o paracol.gls paracol.glo % latex paracol.dtx Note that if you want LaTeXing paracol-man.tex and/or paracol.dtx, you need newvbtm.sty being also available in CTAN. [Features] + "paracol" environment in which you may "switch" and "synchronize columns by \switchcolumn(*). + "column", "nthcolumn", "leftcolumn" and "rightcolumn" environments used in "paracol" to enclose texts to appear in a column. + Counters are "local" to each column in default but you may make some of them global to all columns by \globalcounter{}. + \definethecounter{}{}{} to give its resentaion specific to -th column. + \addcontentsonly{}{} to allow contents output for only from (new for v1.00). + \columnratio{,,...} to control the width of each column rather than splitting columns evenly (new for v1.1). - \columncolor[]{}[] to give the default (with ) to the column (new for v1.2). - \footnotelayout{} to choose ordinary column-wise footnote typesetting or page-wise typesetting to gather footnotes in all columns (new for v1.2 and *NEW* for v1.3 with better API). - \twosided{...} to enable ordinary two-sided typesetting (=p), reversal of printing order of columns in even-numbered pages (=c), reversal of margins where marginal notes go to (=m), and/or mirroring background painting (=b) ('m' and 'b' and better API are *NEW* for v1.3). - "paracol" environment has options for "parallel-paging" to typeset parallel-columns in adjacent page pairs (*NEW* for v1.3). - \thecolumn to let your macros know which columns they are in (*NEW* for v1.3). - \ensurevspace{} to force a page break if a synchronization point would be set leaving a small space less than (*NEW* for v1.3). - \setcolumnwidth{,,...}[,,...] to specify widths of columns and column-separating gaps more detailedly than \columnratio (*NEW* for v1.3). - \marginparthreshold{}[] to specify the minimum ordinal of columns whose marginal notes go to right margin (*NEW* for v1.3). - \[no]coloredwordhyphenated to allow/disallow hyphenating the first word following a coloring command (*NEW* for v1.3). - \colseprulecolor[]{}[] to specify the color of rules drawn in gaps separating columns, i.e., now they can be drawn (*NEW* for v1.3). - \backgroundcolor{}{}[] to paint the background of a by (*NEW* for v1.3). - A few bugs found in v1.22 have been fixed. Enjoy! Hiroshi Nakashima