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Date:         Wed, 18 Jul 90 16:00:18 bst
Reply-To: LaTeX-L Mailing list <LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.uucp>
From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: two-column output
To: Rainer Schoepf <BK4@DHDURZ1.uucp>
Status: R
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Barbara says

 > well, then, another idea:  make the skips before section headings
 > fixed -- no stretch.  (the skips after headings shouldn't have stretch
 > anyhow, if i've learned my lessons right from richard southall.)  and
 > make the space occupied by section headings a integer multiple of
dont forget that the heading is probably in a larger font (say 14pt
instead of 11 or 12 for text), and may span several lines, so you cant
do it just by adjusting the before and after

 > text baselineskip.  that way, all columns should come out the same, even
when Nico first asked this, I wrote and suggested a `reset to multiple
of baselineskip' solution - did anyone get it? the idea is to call the
`reset' macro whenever you are likely to have gone out of
synchronisation. along the lines of

\newdimen\desired
\newcount\xlines
\def\resynch{
\xlines=0\desired=\topskip
\loop\advance\xlines by 1\advance\desired by \baselineskip
\ifnum \desired < \pagetotal\repeat
\advance\desired by -\pagetotal
\typeout{\the\pagetotal-----> \the\desired}
\vskip\desired}


sebastian