[latexrefman-commits] r485 - in /trunk: ChangeLog latex2e.texi

[jhefferon at domain.hid]

Author: jhefferon
Date: Thu Dec  3 12:00:18 2015
New Revision: 485

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman?rev=485&view=rev
Log:
\onecolumn, \twocolumn

Modified:
    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/latex2e.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/ChangeLog?rev=485&r1=484&r2=485&view=diff
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--- trunk/ChangeLog	(original)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	Thu Dec  3 12:00:18 2015
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-12-03  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (\onecolumn, \twocolumn)  Adjust wording (make
+	first sentence a one-sentence description).
+
 2015-12-02  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (\flushbottom)  Adjust wording.

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/latex2e.texi?rev=485&r1=484&r2=485&view=diff
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--- trunk/latex2e.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	Thu Dec  3 12:00:18 2015
@@ -1292,10 +1292,9 @@
 @findex \onecolumn
 @cindex one-column output
 
-The @code{\onecolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces
-single-column output.  If the document is given the class option
- at domain.hid} then this is the default behavior (@pxref{Document
-class options}).
+Start a new page and produce single-column output.  If the document is
+given the class option @code{onecolumn} then this is the default
+behavior (@pxref{Document class options}).
 
 This command is fragile (@pxref{\protect}).
 
@@ -1307,16 +1306,16 @@
 @cindex multicolumn text
 @cindex two-column output
 
-Synopsis:
-
- at domain.hid
+Synopses:
+
+ at example
+\twocolumn
 \twocolumn[@var{prelim one column text}]
 @end example
 
-The @code{\twocolumn} declaration starts a new page and produces
-two-column output. If the document is given the class option
- at domain.hid} then this is the default (@pxref{Document class
-options}).
+Start a new page and produce two-column output. If the document is given
+the class option @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
@@ -1405,25 +1404,25 @@
 @end ftable
 
 @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:
+This example uses @code{\twocolumn}'s optional argument of to create a
+title that spans the two-column article:
 
 @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
-@}]
+  \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.
 @end example
@@ -1442,12 +1441,12 @@
 If @TeX{} cannot satisfactorily stretch the vertical space in a page
 then you get a message like @samp{Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has
 occurred while \output is active}.  If you get that, one option is to
-change to @code{\raggedbottom} (@pxref{raggedbottom}).  Alternatively,
-you can try to adjust the @code{textheight} to make compatible pages, or
-you can add some vertical stretch glue between lines or between
-paragraphs, as in @code{\setlength at domain.hid plus0.1ex@}}.  Your
-last option is to, in a final editing stage, adjust the height of
-individual pages (@pxref{\enlargethispage}).
+change to @code{\raggedbottom} (@pxref{\raggedbottom}).  Alternatively,
+you can adjust the @code{textheight} to make compatible pages, or you
+can add some vertical stretch glue between lines or between paragraphs,
+as in @code{\setlength at domain.hid plus0.1ex@}}.  Your last option
+is to, in a final editing stage, adjust the height of individual pages
+(@pxref{\enlargethispage}).
 
 The @code{\flushbottom} state is the default only if you select the
 @code{twoside} document class option (@pxref{Document class options}).
@@ -1459,11 +1458,10 @@
 @findex \raggedbottom
 @cindex stretch, omitting vertical
 
-The @code{\raggedbottom} command can go at any point in the document
-body.  It makes all later pages the natural height of the material on
-that page; no rubber lengths will be stretched.  Thus, in a two-sided
-document the facing pages may be different heights.  See also
- at domain.hid} above.
+Make all later pages the natural height of the material on that page; no
+rubber vertical lengths will be stretched.  Thus, in a two-sided
+document the facing pages may be different heights.  This command can go
+at any point in the document body.  See @ref{\flushbottom}.
 
 This is the default unless you select the @code{twoside} document class
 option (@pxref{Document class options}).