[OS X TeX] pagebreak within a paragraph in a twocolumn setup

[Reich Ingo]

Hallo Jean-Claude,
thanks, I didn't know of this package. It seems to rely, however, on  
marginal notes, which is not quite what I want. I'd like to set both  
columns within the textarea (with the additional option of putting  
something in the marginal notes).
But it may be a workaround.
Best, Ingo


Am 19.04.2008 um 14:02 schrieb Jean-Claude DE SOZA:
> Bonjour Ingo,
>
> When I need a layout with two columns and page break, I use a  
> documentclass named tufte-handout.
> You'll find all the material here : http://code.google.com/p/tufte-latex/
>
> Jean-Claude DE SOZA
>
> Le 19 avr. 08 à 11:33, Reich Ingo a écrit :
>
>> Hi everybody,
>> I'd like to set text in two essentially independent columns:
>>
>> _________    _______________________
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>> |                   |    |  text text  text  text  text  text   |
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------   
>> pagebreak
>> |                   |    |  text  text  text  text  text  text  |
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>> |                   |     
>> |                                                    |
>>
>>
>> This probably could be done easily in some kind of tabular or two  
>> minipage environments.  But there are two complications:
>>
>> 1. Suppose there is a long paragraph in one of the columns which is  
>> too long to fit on the page. Then, what I'd like to have, is an  
>> automatic pagebreak *within* the paragraph, i.e. (i) fill the page  
>> with the first part of the paragraph, then continue on the next  
>> page with the rest of the paragraph in twocolumn mode.
>>
>> 2. I'd like to have different background colors for the two colums  
>> (also extending across the page).
>>
>> I know that supertabular or xtab allows for pagebreaks within  
>> tabulars, but only between two rows. What I rather need is a break  
>> within a cell.
>>
>> So, does anybody know some way to have an automatic pagebreak  
>> within a tabular cell or whithin a minipage environment? Or is  
>> there some alternative? (I tried the context paragraph setting,  
>> which is nice, but also puts the whole paragraph on the next page.  
>> Anyway, I'd rather stick to standard latex.)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> Best, Ingo
>>
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