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

[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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