[OS X TeX] hyphenation in longtable

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.02.2007 um 11:03 schrieb Peter Dyballa:

>> How have xou done any breaks first?
>
> By wri-
> ting with
> many RET [...]

Sorry, I forgot to mention all the final \\ and that it happend for  
me always in the right most column ...

In any other column the & character finishes this column's contents  
on that line clearly, so it is even easier in these cases. Using  
proportional (text) fonts it might take some iteration loops to  
determine the optimal look and balance.

Thinking a bit further, it might give a good look (for my regular  
use) using something like

	\begin{longtable}{rl>{\RaggedRight}p{125mm}}

In this case the last column will have a good width, some hyphenation  
will happen, and the text will look more "natural" ragged (IMO). And  
this could also be applied for the other columns.


Using longtable often requires a second LaTeX run! The columns' width  
dimensions on each page are stored in an AUX file. In the second run  
the optimum widths are computed from these values. (The longtable  
packages mentions in LaTeX's output that another run is needed.)

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

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                                                  Jacques Tati



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