Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19442.D6BC5204@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:38:53 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19442.D6BC5204" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil t nil nil nil t nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Centering more-than-page-wide material Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 02:21:27 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Sender: "Nelson H.F. Beebe" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 261 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19442.D6BC5204 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the current LaTeX, input of the form \begin{center} ...something... \end{center} does not center the ...something... if its box is wider than textwidth; instead, it is flush against the left margin, and extends into the right margin. I feel this is counterintuitive, and the situation happens often enough with wide tables, that I sought, and found, a solution: % This environment allows wide centered objects to spill into the % margins, evenly on both sides \newenvironment{widecenter}{ \bgroup \makeatletter \@flushglue =3D 0pt plus 1fil minus \textwidth \makeatother \begin{center} }{ \end{center} \egroup } This solves my own problems, but the question for the LaTeX redesign is: Should centering into the margins be the default behavior of the center environment? Obviously, the default definition of the center environment could be easily modified to work this way. I personally would vote for such a change, unless someone exhibits good reasons to the contrary. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Nelson H.F. Beebe Center for Scientific Computing Department of Mathematics 220 South Physics Building University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Tel: (801) 581-5254 FAX: (801) 581-4148 Internet: beebe@math.utah.edu =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19442.D6BC5204 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Centering more-than-page-wide material

In the current LaTeX, input of the form

\begin{center}
...something...
\end{center}

does not center the ...something... if its box is = wider than
textwidth; instead, it is flush against the left = margin, and
extends into the right margin.

I feel this is counterintuitive, and the situation = happens
often enough with wide tables, that I sought, and = found, a
solution:

% This environment allows wide centered objects to = spill into the
% margins, evenly on both sides
\newenvironment{widecenter}{
    \bgroup
    \makeatletter
    \@flushglue =3D 0pt plus 1fil = minus \textwidth
    \makeatother
    \begin{center}
}{
    \end{center}
    \egroup
}

This solves my own problems, but the question for the = LaTeX
redesign is:

        Should = centering into the margins be the default
        behavior = of the center environment?

Obviously, the default definition of the center = environment could
be easily modified to work this way.

I personally would vote for such a change, unless = someone exhibits
good reasons to the contrary.


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Nelson H.F. Beebe
Center for Scientific Computing
Department of Mathematics
220 South Physics Building
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
 Tel: (801) 581-5254
 FAX: (801) 581-4148
 Internet: beebe@math.utah.edu
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