[latexrefman-commits] r369 - in /trunk: ChangeLog latex2e.texi

[jhefferon at domain.hid]

Author: jhefferon
Date: Tue Jun 23 00:26:01 2015
New Revision: 369

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman?rev=369&view=rev
Log:
More for twocolumn

Modified:
    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/latex2e.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/ChangeLog?rev=369&r1=368&r2=369&view=diff
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--- trunk/ChangeLog	(original)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	Tue Jun 23 00:26:01 2015
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-06-22  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (\twocolumn): Expand definition of the two-column
+	parameters.
+
 2015-06-21  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (\twocolumn): Expand definition of the double

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/latex2e.texi?rev=369&r1=368&r2=369&view=diff
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--- trunk/latex2e.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	Tue Jun 23 00:26:01 2015
@@ -1138,7 +1138,11 @@
 @cindex one-column output
 
 The @code{\onecolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces
-single-column output.  This is the default.
+single-column output.  If the document is given the class option
+ at code{onecolumn} then this is the default behavior (@pxref{Document
+class options}).
+
+This command is fragile (@pxref{\protect}).
 
 
 @node \twocolumn
@@ -1155,31 +1159,42 @@
 @end example
 
 The @code{\twocolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces
-two-column output. If the optional @var{prelim one column text} argument
+two-column output. If the document is given the class option
+ at code{twocolumn} then this is the default (@pxref{Document class
+options}).
+
+If the optional @var{prelim one column text} argument
 is present, it is typeset in one-column mode before the two-column
 typesetting starts.
 
+This command is fragile (@pxref{\protect}).
+
 These parameters control typesetting in two-column output:
 
 @ftable @code
 @item \columnsep
-The distance between columns. The default is 35pt.
+The distance between columns. The default is 35pt.  Change it with a
+command such as @code{\setlength at domain.hid@}} You must change
+it before the two column environment starts.
 
 @item \columnseprule
-The width of the rule between columns. The default is 0pt, meaning that
-there is no rule.
+The width of the rule between columns. The rule shows up halfway between
+the two columns.  The default is 0pt, meaning that there is no rule.
+Change it with a command such as
+ at code{\setlength at domain.hid@}}, before the two column
+environment starts.
 
 @item \columnwidth
-The width of the current column.  In single-column text this is equal to
+The width of a single column.  In one-column mode this is equal to
 @code{\textwidth}.
 
 @end ftable
 
-These parameters control float behavior in two-column output.  Note that
-in a two-column document, the starred environments @code{table*} and
+In a two-column document, the starred environments @code{table*} and
 @code{figure*} are two columns wide, whereas the unstarred environments
 @code{table} and @code{figure} take up only one column (@pxref{figure}
 and @pxref{table}). @LaTeX{} places starred floats at the top of a page.
+The following parameters control float behavior of two-column output.
 
 @ftable @code
 @item \dbltopfraction
@@ -1262,11 +1277,12 @@
 @findex \flushbottom
 
 The @code{\flushbottom} declaration makes all text pages the same
-height, adding extra vertical space where necessary to fill out the
-page.
-
-This is the default if @code{twocolumn} mode is selected
-(@pxref{Document class options}).
+height, stretching the vertical space where necessary to fill out the
+page.  Note that you can change the height of a single page
+(@pxref{\enlargethispage}).
+
+This is the default if you select the @code{twocolumn} document class
+option (@pxref{Document class options}).
 
 
 @node \raggedbottom