[texhax] Setting all \raggedright paragraphs in a longtable

[Herbert Voss]

Am 12.07.2011 23:43, schrieb Peter Davis:
> I'm trying to setup a long table with 4 columns, each of which may contain
> multiline paragraphs.  I want the paragraphs to be set \raggedright, since
> they're so narrow.  I'm trying:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array,longtable,ragged2e}
\pagestyle{empty}
\newcommand\colhead[1]{\sffamily\bfseries #1}
\newcommand\TR[4]{\RaggedRight #1 & \RaggedRight #2 &
                   \RaggedRight #3 & \RaggedRight #4\\ \hline}
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\RaggedRight}p{#1}}
\begin{document}

\begin{longtable}{|p{1.5in}|p{1in}|p{1.75in}|p{1.75in}|}\hline
\TR{\colhead{TaskName}}{\colhead{DRI}}{\colhead{Description}}{\colhead{Risks}}
\TR{Add to build}{Developer One}{n/a}{n/a}
\TR{Asset management}{Developer Two}{n/a}{n/a}
\end{longtable}

\begin{longtable}{|P{1.5in}|P{1in}|P{1.75in}|P{1.75in}|}\hline
\colhead{TaskName} & \colhead{DRI} & \colhead{Description} & 
\colhead{Risks}\\\hline
Add to build     & Developer One & n/a & n/a \\\hline
Asset management & Developer Two & n/a & n/a \\\hline
\end{longtable}
\end{document}


Herbert