[OS X TeX] [OT] longtable not breaking

[John B. Thoo]

Hi.  I'm sorry that this is off-topic.  My problem is that longtable  
is not breaking a table at the end of a page.  I looked at  
comp.text.tex for "longtable not breaking" and found this, but it  
didn't help me:

<http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/a0e05847d5ccb5c1/08bcb257d21d625c?lnk=gst&q=longtable+not+breaking#08bcb257d21d625c 
 >

I'm going to try to attach a PNG that shows the problem, but in case I  
can't send attachments, here is a link:

<http://ms.yccd.edu/~jb2/PickUp/faultylongtable.png>

(I noticed that the web server is presently down.  I put in a help  
call to IT, so I hope it will be up again soon.)


In the main file I have defined:

% Preserve end-of-row \\ in tabular when \raggedright is used
\newcommand{\PreserveBackslash}[1]{\let\temp=\\#1\let\\=\temp}


This is the code for the long table:

\begin{longtable}{p{2in}@{\hspace{3em}}>{\PreserveBackslash 
\raggedright}p{1.5in}}
\endhead
\hline\multicolumn{2}{r}{{\small \textit{continued overleaf}}}  \\
\endfoot
\endlastfoot
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     176\;| & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 2 &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   Write the dividend and the divisor.
   \\[3ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     176\;| & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 2 & |\;3
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $176$ goes into $67,892$ at most $3$ times.
   \\[3ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     176\;| & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 2 & |\;3  \\
     & 5 & 2 & 8 & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $176 \times 3 = 528$
   \\[5ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & 1 & 5 & 0 & & &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & 9 & 2 & |\;3  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $678 - 528 = 150$
   \\[5ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & 1 & 5 & 0 & & &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & 9 & 2 & |\;38  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $176$ goes into $1509$ at most $8$ times.
   \\[5ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & 1 & 5 & 0 & & &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & 9 & 2 & |\;38  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & 8 & &  \\
     & 1 & 4 & 0 & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $176 \times 8 = 1408$
   \\[8ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & & 1 & 0 & & &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{5} & \cancel{0} & 1 & &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{9} & 2 & | 
\;38  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{8} & &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{4} & \cancel{0} & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $1509 - 1408 = 101$
   \\[8ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & & 1 & 0 & & &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{5} & \cancel{0} & 1 & &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{9} & 2 & | 
\;385  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{8} & &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{4} & \cancel{0} & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $176$ goes into $1012$ at most $5$ times.
   \\[8ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & & 1 & 0 & & &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{5} & \cancel{0} & 1 & &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{9} & 2 & | 
\;385  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{8} & 0 &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{4} & \cancel{0} & 8 & &  \\
     & & & 8 & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $176 \times 5 = 880$
   \\[12ex]
   \begin{tabular} 
{>{$}r<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}c<{$}>{$}l<{$}}
     & & & 1 & & &  \\
     & & \cancel{1} & \cancel{0} & 3 & &  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{5} & \cancel{0} & \cancel{1} & 2 &  \\
     176\;| & \cancel{6} & \cancel{7} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{9} &  
\cancel{2} & |\;385  \\
     & \cancel{5} & \cancel{2} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{8} & \cancel{0}  
&  \\
     & \cancel{1} & \cancel{4} & \cancel{0} & \cancel{8} & &  \\
     & & & \cancel{8} & & &
   \end{tabular}
   &
   $1012 - 880 = 132$
\end{longtable}


Here is a portion of the log file:

(/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty
Package: longtable 2004/02/01 v4.11 Multi-page Table package (DPC)
\LTleft=\skip64
\LTright=\skip65
\LTpre=\skip66
\LTpost=\skip67
\LTchunksize=\count137
\LTcapwidth=\dimen189
\LT at head=\box41
\LT at firsthead=\box42
\LT at foot=\box43
\LT at lastfoot=\box44
\LT at cols=\count138
\LT at rows=\count139
\c at LT@tables=\count140
\c at LT@chunks=\count141
\LT at p@ftn=\toks38
)


I'm using TeXLive 2009, Mac OS X 10.5.8, 12" PowerBook G4.

Again, I'm very sorry for my off-topic question.  I would appreciate  
any help.

Btw, I'm leaving town in a little while until Monday, but I wanted to  
ask before I left.  Thanks in advance.

---John.
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