Hello Heiko, Thank you for your hard work on my behalf. I did try compiling your code; but it still seems to have the same problem as my original example (see attachments). Did I do something wrong?
Dan On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Heiko Oberdiek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 07:31:59AM +0800, Daniel Greenhoe wrote: > >> When I put a tabular in a footnote, the tabular often is extended >> outside the text area. Besides placing a newline directive after the >> tabular environment, is there anything I can do to prevent this >> behavior? That is, how can I best ensure that tabulars in a footnote >> get typeset completely within the text area? Here is an example: >> >> \documentclass[12pt]{book} >> \usepackage[xetex,a4paper,noheadfoot,nomarginpar,margin=20mm,showframe]{geometry} >> \begin{document}% >> xyz\footnote{% >> %\raisebox{2.5mm}{ >> \begin{tabular}[t]{|l|} >> \hline >> abc\\ >> def\\ >> ghj\\ >> klm\\ >> \hline >> \end{tabular}%\\ >> %}% >> } >> xyz\footnote{% >> %\raisebox{2.5mm}{ >> \begin{tabular}[t]{|l|} >> \hline >> abc\\ >> def\\ >> ghj\\ >> klm\\ >> \hline >> \end{tabular}%\\ >> %}% >> } >> \end{document}% > > I don't see a relation to XeTeX, thus the mailing list texhash > might be the better choice for this question. > > The following example addresses calculates the shift to align > the baseline of the footnote line with the first line of > the tabular. No time for looking at the problem with the overfull \vbox. > > \documentclass[12pt]{book} > \usepackage{array} > \usepackage[ > a4paper,noheadfoot,nomarginpar,margin=20mm,showframe > ]{geometry} > \usepackage{zref-savepos} > > \makeatletter > \newsavebox\tl@box > \newcount\c@tlcount > \setcounter{tlcount}{0} > \def\thetlcount{\the\c@tlcount} > \newenvironment*{tltabular}[1]{% > \stepcounter{tlcount}% > \begin{lrbox}{\tl@box}% > \begin{tabular}[t]{|#1|}% > \hline > \zref@savepos > \zref@labelbyprops{tl@b\thetlcount}{posy}% > \ignorespaces > }{% > \hline > \end{tabular}% > \end{lrbox}% > \zref@refused{tl@a\thetlcount}% > \zref@refused{tl@b\thetlcount}% > \dimen@=\dimexpr > \zposy{tl@a\thetlcount}sp-\zposy{tl@b\thetlcount}sp% > \relax > \raisebox{\dimen@}{% > \zref@savepos > \zref@labelbyprops{tl@a\thetlcount}{posy}% > \box\tl@box > }% > } > > \begin{document}% > xyz\footnote{% > \begin{tltabular}{l} > abc\\ > def\\ > ghj\\ > klm\\ > \end{tltabular}%\\ > } > xyz\footnote{% > \begin{tltabular}{l} > abc\\ > def\\ > ghj\\ > klm\\ > \end{tltabular}%\\ > } > \end{document}% > > Yours sincerely > Heiko Oberdiek > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
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