[texhax] multicol updated -- now columns aren't balanced!

[Dan Luecking]

On Thu Jun 19 2014 at 00:27:15 CEST, Hubert Lam 
<mailto:texhax%40tug.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5Btexhax%5D%20multicol%20updated%20--%20now%20columns%20aren%27t%20balanced%21&In-Reply-To=%3C1403130428306.81712%40lamfamily.info%3E>hubert 
at lamfamily.info
wrote:

>The two columns of teacher's names used to be balanced:

[example omitted]

Your example is incomplete. There should be a \begin{minipage} to
balance the \end{minipage}. The preamble is also missing, so we
have no way of telling if you have changed some important parameters.

I get nicely balanced columns with the following minimal file.
Only this was added to the code:
        ... \\
     \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
plus a preamble just sufficient to guarantee that it compiles.
My version of multicol is 1.8e.

%======================
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{pifont}
\begin{document}

\paragraph{Class}  (please \ding{52})\\
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{itemize}
\item[$\bigcirc$] 12M3A -- Mr Zuber
\item[$\bigcirc$] 12M3B -- Mr Berry
\item[$\bigcirc$] 12M3C -- Mr Lowe
\columnbreak
\item[$\bigcirc$] 12M4A -- Ms Ziaziaris
\item[$\bigcirc$] 12M4B -- Mr Lam
\item[$\bigcirc$] 12M4C -- Mr Ireland
\end{itemize}
\end{multicols}
\end{minipage}

\end{document}
%===============


Regards,
Dan

Daniel H. Luecking
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Fayetteville, Arkansas
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/iaq.html