On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:20, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > You're keen, but if it's for automated batch processing of data which > comes from some source, choices are limited.
> Syntax, nesting, spacing, ... not too bad though. The degree of > difficulty depends on what you want to achieve, how much this differs > from defaults, and how well your thinking is aligned with the TeX way of > doing things. \textwidth does not seem to be behaving consistently. > Bad news I'm afraid: the tabular environment is your best answer for > aligning text portions (Jason, array only differs from tabular in that > its cells are set in maths mode). If it spans more than one page, load a > package from the tools bundle which modifies tabular to be breakable > (and puts some extensions in as well). I am getting some functionality from the tabularx and hhline packages. > It depends on what you want to do as well. Are you trying to create a > fill-in form with boxes for people to hand-write into? Been there, done > that, took a long time and wants some understanding from the TeXBook [1] > about how TeX assembles vertical material. I don't remember any packages > specifically for this, but search the TUG package catalogue. > > I've done a lot of style programming in LaTeX, and there isn't a single > or simple answer to your problem, esp as you were so far vague about it. > I can do the job for/with you but would be asking for an hourly rate. I've no doubt that you would be worthy of the hire but I am too stingey to pay. > > HTH, > > Volker > > [1] There is deliberately zero overlap between the TeXBook (Knuth) and > the LaTeX Manual (Lamport), each describing different parts of the whole > system. See the LaTeX Companion (Mittelbach et al) for a description of > many 3rdparty packages, or search the package catalogue. Cheers Ross Drummond
