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diff --git a/doc/user/str_colu b/doc/user/str_colu new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b54a404 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/str_colu @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +@Section + @Title { Multiple columns } + @Tag { columns } +@Begin +@PP +You can change the number of columns of text per page, and the width of +columns. @Index columns +multiple.columns @Index { multiple columns } +the gap between the columns, by changing these two setup file options: +columnnumber. @Index @Code "@ColumnNumber" +columngap. @Index @Code "@ColumnGap" +@ID @OneRow @Code { +"@ColumnNumber { 1 }" +"@ColumnGap { 1.00c }" +} +If you are using your own setup file (Section {@NumberOf setup}), you can +find and change them there. If not, @Code "@ColumnNumber" may be changed +at the beginning of your document (Section {@NumberOf ordinary}). +@PP +@Code "@ColumnNumber" may be any number between 1 and 10, with default +value 1 as shown, and @Code "@ColumnGap" may be any length (Section +{@NumberOf objects}). The column width is derived from these options +column.width @RawIndex { column width } +column.width.pages @SubIndex { on pages } +using the obvious formula +@ID @Eq { columnwidth = { pagewidth - margins - +({@Code "@ColumnNumber"} - 1) times {@Code "@ColumnGap"} } +over @Code "@ColumnNumber" +} +You must ensure that this comes to something reasonable. +@PP +These two options do not apply to pages containing an index. For them +there are similar setup file options called @Code "@IndexColumnNumber" +and @Code "@IndexColumnGap" (Section {@NumberOf indexes}). +@PP +Most document types permit you to have multiple columns, but certain +things will be kept full width regardless of the @Code "@ColumnNumber" +option: figures and tables, chapter headings, and so on. The details +vary with the document type, so are deferred to Chapter {@NumberOf types}. +@End @Section |