Multicolumn + multipage tables...
Josh Huber
multiple pages with LaTeX... I've tried longtable (which complains about not
being in 1-column mode), and xtab which almost seems to work with \twocolumn.
nothing seems to work with the multicols environment, unfortunately.
so, what I've got right now is:
\twocolumn
\begin{xtabular}
...
\end{xtabular}
\onecolumn
also, if I wrap this with \{begin,end}{table} the multicolumn feature doesn't
seem to work.
someone else out there MUST have done this before with LaTeX. anyone? :)
Thanks,
Josh Huber
(please CC me on replies, as I don't really read this group regularly -- thanks)
Herbert Voss
>
> I'm attempting to get a large table displayed in two columns, and across
> multiple pages with LaTeX... I've tried longtable (which complains about not
> being in 1-column mode), and xtab which almost seems to work with \twocolumn.
>
> nothing seems to work with the multicols environment, unfortunately.
>
> so, what I've got right now is:
>
> \twocolumn
> \begin{xtabular}
> ...
> \end{xtabular}
> \onecolumn
>
> also, if I wrap this with \{begin,end}{table} the multicolumn feature doesn't
> seem to work.
use package multicol
\begin{multicols}{2}
...
\end{multicols}{2}
... the long table ...
\begin{multicols}{2}
....
\end{multicols}{2}
Herbert
Robin Fairbairns
>I'm attempting to get a large table displayed in two columns, and across
>multiple pages with LaTeX... I've tried longtable (which complains about not
>being in 1-column mode), and xtab which almost seems to work with \twocolumn.
>
>nothing seems to work with the multicols environment, unfortunately.
things like xtab might readily be confused by the way multicols
operates: it proceeds by building huge "pages" and splitting them up
as seems convenient.
>so, what I've got right now is:
>
>\twocolumn
>\begin{xtabular}
>...
>\end{xtabular}
>\onecolumn
xtabular (like supertabular) does its breaking game by looking to see
how much space is left on the page; longtable gets its additional
cleverness by hooking into the output routine: that hooking has never
been extended to deal with the modified output routine of 2-column
(i've never checked to see if it would even be possible...).
>also, if I wrap this with \{begin,end}{table} the multicolumn feature doesn't
>seem to work.
table environments only ever span a single page. i've never actually
used xtabular, but the documentation says there are facilities for
"captioning ... like tables".
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Josh Huber
> use package multicol
>
> \begin{multicols}{2}
> ...
> \end{multicols}{2}
>
> ... the long table ...
>
> \begin{multicols}{2}
> ....
> \end{multicols}{2}
>
> Herbert
I don't understand, how can this make the long table span multiple columns.
Maybe I wasn't clear. I have a table which is narrow enough to fit two columns
of the table on one page. What I'm looking for is a multi-column multi-page
table. (none of the other text in the document is 2-column)
I've tried multicols as well, like so:
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{longtable}
...
\end{longtable}
\end{multicols}
but longtable complains about not being in 1-column mode.
Gert und Ulrike Fischer
Josh Huber schrieb:
>
> I'm attempting to get a large table displayed in two columns, and across
> multiple pages with LaTeX... I've tried longtable (which complains about not
> being in 1-column mode), and xtab which almost seems to work with \twocolumn.
> .....
> someone else out there MUST have done this before with LaTeX. anyone? :)
>
I haven't. But - do you really need a tabular? Couldn't you use a
tabbing or a list environment? Much easier to break in column and pages.
>
> (please CC me on replies, as I don't really read this group regularly -- thanks)
No. If you can post a question you can read the answer too.
Ulrike Fischer
Josh Huber
> I haven't. But - do you really need a tabular? Couldn't you use a
> tabbing or a list environment? Much easier to break in column and
> pages.
This might be an option. I'll try it out and see how it looks.
> No. If you can post a question you can read the answer too.
Yeah, well...I did start reading the group now, before I was using
Google Groups, which wasn't as convenient but I'm using my own news
server now.
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Josh Huber