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

[Herbert Voss]

Am 20.06.2014 04:25, schrieb Hubert Lam:
> OK, found the culprit behind the problem: *pstricks* itself!

No! The problem is the package color which is loaded by
xcolor which is loaded by pstricks.sty

Replace \usepackage{pstricks}  with
\usepackage{color} and you'll see.

Herbert


> This is the output before including PSTricks:
> 
> [pastedImage.png]
> 
> This is the output after including PSTricks package:
> 
> [pastedImage.png]
> 
> Minimal example:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{multicol}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \usepackage{pifont}
> \begin{document}
> 
> \begin{minipage}{0.975\linewidth}
> \paragraph{Class}  (please \ding{52})\\
> \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}
> 
> For the PSTricks mailing list: the columns used to be balanced -- but I
> updated my installation of MiKTeX 2.9 the latest PSTricks produces the
> uneven columns.
> 
> 
> 
> uh oh!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Hubert
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: texhax <texhax-bounces at tug.org> on behalf of Dan Luecking
> <dluecking at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Friday, 20 June 2014 2:51 AM
> To: texhax at tug.org
> Subject: Re: [texhax] multicol updated -- now columns aren't balanced!
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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