[Tuglist] Floats and multicols

[Ajay Shah]

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I often write documents which require "boxes" which are framed blocks
of floating matter.

I usually have this in the preamble --

  \usepackage{float}
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  \floatstyle{ruled}
  \restylefloat{table}
  \restylefloat{figure}
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  % Setup style for boxes
  \floatstyle{boxed}
  \newfloat{Box}{tp}{lob}
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  \newcommand{\boxedtext}[2]{
    \begin{Box}
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      #2
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      \caption{#1}
    \end{Box}
  }

This works perfectly under normal circumstances. The trouble is: it
does not work well with "multicol.sty", which is Frank Mittelbach's
brilliant style for multi-column text.

In standard latex, we have \twocolumn and then when we say

   \begin{table*}
   ...
   \end{table*}

and it gives us a table which spans the columns. This concept breaks
once we use multicol.sty.


I would be most happy to have help on any of the two fronts:

  * How to obtain floating boxes using plain latex (in which case I'd
    use \twocolumn), or
  * How to make float.sty speak to multicol.sty and support the table*
    or figure* style floats which span columns.

Thanks,

        -ans.

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Ajay Shah                                           ajayshah@mayin.org
Consultant,                             http://www.mayin.org/~ajayshah
Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance, New Delhi

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