Hello, I would like to be able to obtain balanced columns with a gray background.
If I use the background option in the startcolumns command I do get a background for each column, but there is an annoying (for me) gray space in the space left between the column. Even setting distance=0pt doesn't help here. (BTW, there is an error in TeXShow, because option=background and option=none|empty are listed separately) If OTOH I use startcolumns inside a vbox inside a framed, columns don't get balanced, even if I set balance=yes. I noticed that the vbox is enough to cancel the balancing. But it's needed if I must use the framed. Any ideas? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
