Breaking minipages across pages
Giuliano Cioffi
to arrive, I have a simple question...
I defined a new environment like this:
\newenvironment{hungitem}[1]%
{\noindent\mbox{#1}\\\mbox{}\hfill\begin{minipage}{.9\textwidth}}
{\end{minipage}\vspace{\baselineskip}}
The envy does exactly what it should, but the problem is that
minipages don't break across pages. LaTeX has to put an integer
number of environments on a page and in some cases this leads
to have too much white space between environments...
What should I do to permit LaTeX to spread the text in the minipage
across more than one page? I thought about \parbox, but I don't
know how to embed the open/close brace needed by parbox's syntax
in the environment definition.
Thanks for the Help,
--
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Peter Wilson
Giuliano Cioffi wrote:
>
> While waiting for my copy of ``LaTeX: A Document Preparation System''
> to arrive, I have a simple question...
>
> I defined a new environment like this:
>
> \newenvironment{hungitem}[1]%
> {\noindent\mbox{#1}\\\mbox{}\hfill\begin{minipage}{.9\textwidth}}
> {\end{minipage}\vspace{\baselineskip}}
>
> The envy does exactly what it should, but the problem is that
> minipages don't break across pages. LaTeX has to put an integer
> number of environments on a page and in some cases this leads
> to have too much white space between environments...
>
LaTeX does not break boxes (e.g., parbox, minipage) across pages.
How about defining a list environment instead?
Peter W.
peter.r...@boeing.com
James Kilfiger
>I defined a new environment like this:
>
>\newenvironment{hungitem}[1]%
> {\noindent\mbox{#1}\\\mbox{}\hfill\begin{minipage}{.9\textwidth}}
> {\end{minipage}\vspace{\baselineskip}}
>
>The envy does exactly what it should, but the problem is that
>minipages don't break across pages. LaTeX has to put an integer
>number of environments on a page and in some cases this leads
>to have too much white space between environments...
Minipage (or parboxes) don't break, ever.
It looks like you're trying to do a sort of list, but this wheel has
already be invented, by the list environment.
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=0.1\linewidth
\rightmargin=0pt
\labelwidth=0.1\linewidth
\advance\labelwidth by -0.5em
\labelsep=0.5em
\def\makelabel#1{#1\hfil}}
\item[blah] .....
\end{list}
(forgive my plain speaking, you can latexify it with \setlength,
\renewcommand if you wish)
Matthias Köhler
>
> \newenvironment{hungitem}[1]%
>
{\noindent\mbox{#1}\\\mbox{}\hfill\begin{minipage}{.9\textwi
dth}}
> {\end{minipage}\vspace{\baselineskip}}
try
\newenvironment{hungitem}[1]%
{\noindent\mbox{#1}\\\begin{list}{}{\setlength{\leftmargin}{
0.1\textwidth}}}
{\end{list}}
and wait for your copy of Lamport's book, you will see that
there are many better ways to do what you probably intent...
> What should I do to permit LaTeX to spread the text in the
minipage
> across more than one page? I thought about \parbox, but I
don't
> know how to embed the open/close brace needed by parbox's
syntax
> in the environment definition.
well, the main problem is not how to split the braces
(impossible), but that parbox won't be better than
minipage -- if it differs from minipage in some cases, it's
usually lees good.
\bye
Matthias Köhler
Giuliano Cioffi
> already be invented, by the list environment.
but I love it and someday will learn... :)
Giuliano Cioffi
> \rightmargin=0pt
> \labelwidth=0.1\linewidth
> \advance\labelwidth by -0.5em
> \labelsep=0.5em
> \def\makelabel#1{#1\hfil}}
> \item[blah] .....
> \end{list}
of text right after the label? ``\hfil'' (or ``\hfill'') doesn't
extend as I think it should.
Gernot Katzer
>
> Are ``\hfil'' and ``\hfill'' synonyms? How do I begin a new line
> of text right after the label? ``\hfil'' (or ``\hfill'') doesn't
> extend as I think it should.
Basically, \hfil means 'fill horizontal space if no \hfill is present;
do nothing otherwise'
The idea is that you can overwrite a \hfil by a \hfill.
Neither \hfil nor \hfill (nor \hskip1cm) will work on the
beginning of a line; you'll have to put an empty box or rule
before the \hfill.
\mbox{}\hfill works as expected.
(The label is not part of the current line)
Gernot
Maurizio Loreti
> > \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=0.1\linewidth
> > \rightmargin=0pt
> > \labelwidth=0.1\linewidth
> > \advance\labelwidth by -0.5em
> > \labelsep=0.5em
> > \def\makelabel#1{#1\hfil}}
> > \item[blah] .....
> > \end{list}
> Are ``\hfil'' and ``\hfill'' synonyms?
No, they aren't (TeXbook, page 71); both represent infinite horizontal
stretchability, but \hfill is stronger (an infinity of higher order).
--
Maurizio Loreti http://www.pd.infn.it/~loreti/mlo.html
Univ. of Padova, Dept. of Physics - Padova, Italy lor...@pd.infn.it
Aragorn/SK
Uhm, where am I wrong?
I did the following:
\newenvironment{hungitemize}%
{
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=0.1\linewidth
\rightmargin=0pt
\labelwidth=.1\linewidth
\advance\labelwidth by -0.5em
\labelsep=0.5em
\def\makelabel##1{##1\mbox{}\hfill}}}
{\end{list}}
> (The label is not part of the current line)
I understand, in fact, to manually tell latex to break the line after
the label I do:
\item[blah]\mbox{}\\
(otherwise it will complain about ``linebreak between paragraphs'')
I still want to break the line right after labels, directly in the
envy definition...
> Gernot
Thanks for the help!
Gernot Katzer
>
> > \mbox{}\hfill works as expected.
>
> Uhm, where am I wrong?
>
> \rightmargin=0pt
> \labelwidth=.1\linewidth
> \advance\labelwidth by -0.5em
> \labelsep=0.5em
> \def\makelabel##1{##1\mbox{}\hfill}}}
> {\end{list}}
You cannot order a line break INSIDE the label; the label
is a box of given size, and cannot be made to extend to
the end of the line.
You can either *) increase the \labelwidth to the
width of a line; in that case TeX will break
automatically (don't forget to care for \itemindent).
Or *) you could hack \item so that \item will produce
a \mbox{}\hfill\linebreak at the begin of the first
line of the paragraph (which is right after the label).
Gernot
James Kilfiger
>Aragorn/SK wrote:
>>
>You cannot order a line break INSIDE the label; the label
>is a box of given size, and cannot be made to extend to
>the end of the line.
>
>You can either *) increase the \labelwidth to the
>width of a line;
>a \mbox{}\hfill\linebreak
or else not to directly use list environment at all,
See my post to the thread `LaTeX: descritpion environment question'
(dated 27 March)