[XeTeX] Multi Column Table of Contents

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 23, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Erwin Ochsenmeier wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion,
>
> multitoc does not seem to work, even with ifthen and multicols  
> loaded. I tried in XeTeX and plain Latex, the TOC is blank, unless I  
> am missing something from the pdf instructions.
>

Howdy,

You've got to compile the file at least twice. The first run captures  
the information while the second run enters it into the TOC. You may  
need more runs since entering the TOC may move things, etc.

> There does seem to be a problem with memoir and multicols on top of  
> it. Even with begin{multicols} …, memoir produces a TOC in a single  
> column on a separate page.
>
> Anyway, what I'd really like to do is to have a TOC in twocolumn in  
> a twocolumn document and without starting a new page.
>
> Of course, I don't know whether I should post this here or on the  
> Tex thread.
>
> E. Ochsenmeier

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)