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[SSINDIA]

Dear Mr. Radhakrishnan,

Could you let me know from where I could download this? I do not see it on
CTAN.

Regards/Nishith
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>    1. Floats and multicols (Ajay Shah)
>    2. Re: Floats and multicols (Radhakrishnan CV)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:36:39 +0530
> To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tuglist@tug.org.in>
> From: Ajay Shah <ajayshah@mayin.org>
> Subject: [Tuglist] Floats and multicols
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> I often write documents which require "boxes" which are framed blocks
> of floating matter.
>
> I usually have this in the preamble --
>
>   \usepackage{float}
>  =20
>   \floatstyle{ruled}
>   \restylefloat{table}
>   \restylefloat{figure}
>  =20
>   % Setup style for boxes
>   \floatstyle{boxed}
>   \newfloat{Box}{tp}{lob}
>  =20
>   \newcommand{\boxedtext}[2]{
>     \begin{Box}
>  =20
>       #2
>  =20
>       \caption{#1}
>     \end{Box}
>   }
>
> This works perfectly under normal circumstances. The trouble is: it
> does not work well with "multicol.sty", which is Frank Mittelbach's
> brilliant style for multi-column text.
>
> In standard latex, we have \twocolumn and then when we say
>
>    \begin{table*}
>    ...
>    \end{table*}
>
> and it gives us a table which spans the columns. This concept breaks
> once we use multicol.sty.
>
>
> I would be most happy to have help on any of the two fronts:
>
>   * How to obtain floating boxes using plain latex (in which case I'd
>     use \twocolumn), or
>   * How to make float.sty speak to multicol.sty and support the table*
>     or figure* style floats which span columns.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         -ans.
>
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> Ajay Shah                                           ajayshah@mayin.org
> Consultant,                             http://www.mayin.org/~ajayshah
> Department of Economic Affairs,
> Ministry of Finance, New Delhi
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:53:31 +0530 (IST)
> From: Radhakrishnan CV <cvr@tug.org.in>
> To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tuglist@tug.org.in>
> Subject: Re: [Tuglist] Floats and multicols
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>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 at 16:36, Ajay Shah wrote:
>
> multicol.sty and single column floats will not go together.
>
>    I would be most happy to have help on any of the two fronts:
>
>      * How to obtain floating boxes using plain latex (in which case I'd
>        use \twocolumn), or
>
> Here is a macro that will float your material in a single column if
> you use native twocolumn option in LaTeX:
>
> \makeatletter
> \newsavebox\ruledbox
> \newlength \ruledlength
> \ruledlength\linewidth
>
> \newenvironment{ruledfloat}
>  {\fboxsep6pt
>   \setlength\ruledlength{\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule}
>   \begin{lrbox}{\ruledbox}
>    \begin{minipage}{\ruledlength}
>    \def\@captype{figure}}
>  {\end{minipage}\end{lrbox}
>   \@float{figure}[tbp]
>    \fbox{\usebox{\ruledbox}}
>   \end@float}
>
> \def\endcolumn{\parfillskip=0pt\par\newpage
>    \noindent\parfillskip=0pt plus 1fil{}}
> \makeatother
>
> \endcolumn is to balance the two columns in the last page. If you
> use in the appropriate line along with \vadjust, balanced columns
> are not painful in two column format. The above macros need calc.sty
> package.
>
> You can write your own macro by modifying the \@float{figure} in the
> above code to \@float{figure*} to span your float to two columns.
> Change linewidth to \textwidth.
>
>      * How to make float.sty speak to multicol.sty and support
>        the table* or figure* style floats which span columns.
>
> I have not looked into that, I will give a try when I get time and
> let you know.
>
> --
> Radhakrishnan
>
> PS: Ajay: I've send separately a specimen TeX doc.
>
>
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