[latexrefman-commits] r367 - in /trunk: ChangeLog latex2e.texi

[jhefferon at domain.hid]

Author: jhefferon
Date: Sun Jun 21 02:38:44 2015
New Revision: 367

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman?rev=367&view=rev
Log:
\twocolumn example

Modified:
    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/latex2e.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/ChangeLog?rev=367&r1=366&r2=367&view=diff
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--- trunk/ChangeLog	(original)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	Sun Jun 21 02:38:44 2015
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-06-20  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (\twocolumn): Add example.
+
 2015-06-20  Karl Berry  <karl at domain.hid>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (\value, \newlength): wording.

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/latex2e.texi?rev=367&r1=366&r2=367&view=diff
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--- trunk/latex2e.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	Sun Jun 21 02:38:44 2015
@@ -1151,13 +1151,13 @@
 Synopsis:
 
 @example
-\twocolumn[@var{text1col}]
+\twocolumn[@var{prelim one column text}]
 @end example
 
 The @code{\twocolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces
-two-column output. If the optional @var{text1col} argument is present,
-it is typeset in one-column mode before the two-column typesetting
-starts.
+two-column output. If the optional @var{prelim one column text} argument
+is present, it is typeset in one-column mode before the two-column
+typesetting starts.
 
 These parameters control typesetting in two-column output:
 
@@ -1196,6 +1196,30 @@
 and the main text.  Default @samp{20pt plus2pt minus4pt}.
 
 @end ftable
+
+ at c From egreg at http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/142232/339
+This example shows the use of the optional argument of @code{\twocolumn}
+to create a title that spans the two-column article:
+
+ at example
+\documentclass[twocolumn]@{article@}
+\newcommand at domain.hid@}@}
+\begin at domain.hid@}
+\twocolumn[@{% inside this optional argument goes one-column text
+ \centering
+ \LARGE The Title \\[1.5em]
+ \large Author One\authormark at domain.hid@},
+        Author Two\authormark at domain.hid@},
+        Author Three\authormark at domain.hid@} \\[1em]
+ \normalsize
+ \begin at domain.hid@}@}
+   \authormark at domain.hid one  &\authormark at domain.hid two \\ 
+    School one                   &School two 
+ \end at domain.hid] % space below title part
+@}]
+
+Two column text here.
+ at end example
 
 
 @node \flushbottom