columns in latest beta
I was writing a reply to Dalyoung, but Wolfgang beat me to it. So I'm going to ask a question myself: I'm a bit desperate about columns. I want nothing fancy, just a simple two-columns layout for a few pages. Unfortunately, the two betas I have on my computer both have trouble. 2012-06-30 complains about \column: "undefined control sequence." 2012-07-19 throws an error which I've never seen before: system > tex > error on line 901 in file reader.tex: Bad register code ... That's the line where I have \stopcolumns. The full error is this: \page_mul_flush_preceding_ongrid ...ceding_height -\dp \d_page_mul_preceding... \page_mul_flush_packaged_columns_indeed ...ongrid \else \page_mul_flush_prec... \page_mul_flush_packaged_columns_continued ...eed \box \columnpagebox \egroup \page_mul_routine_continue ...d_columns_continued }\page_otr_construct_and_s... \page_otr_command_routine ...mul_routine_continue \or \page_mul_routine_bala... \page_otr_triggered_output_routine ...and_routine \fi What does this "bad register code" mean? I don't even know where to begin to look for an error - there is one \start - \stopcolumns environment earlier in my document, which does appear to work normally. Any pointers? Thomas
Am 19.07.2012 um 16:51 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
I was writing a reply to Dalyoung, but Wolfgang beat me to it. So I'm going to ask a question myself:
I'm a bit desperate about columns. I want nothing fancy, just a simple two-columns layout for a few pages. Unfortunately, the two betas I have on my computer both have trouble. 2012-06-30 complains about \column: "undefined control sequence." 2012-07-19 throws an error which I've never seen before:
system > tex > error on line 901 in file reader.tex: Bad register code ...
That's the line where I have \stopcolumns. The full error is this:
\page_mul_flush_preceding_ongrid ...ceding_height -\dp \d_page_mul_preceding... \page_mul_flush_packaged_columns_indeed ...ongrid \else \page_mul_flush_prec... \page_mul_flush_packaged_columns_continued ...eed \box \columnpagebox \egroup \page_mul_routine_continue ...d_columns_continued }\page_otr_construct_and_s... \page_otr_command_routine ...mul_routine_continue \or \page_mul_routine_bala... \page_otr_triggered_output_routine ...and_routine \fi
What does this "bad register code" mean? I don't even know where to begin to look for an error - there is one \start - \stopcolumns environment earlier in my document, which does appear to work normally. Any pointers?
I can’t give a answer without more information but you can try to use the new columns mechanism with “\definemixedcolumns[columns]” at the begin of your document. Wolfgang
On 07/19/2012 05:03 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
I can’t give a answer without more information but you can try to use the new columns mechanism with “\definemixedcolumns[columns]” at the begin of your document.
Yes, this one works OK, thanks Wolfgang! I'll see if I can find a minimal example that triggers the error... Thomas
On 19-7-2012 17:12, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On 07/19/2012 05:03 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
I can’t give a answer without more information but you can try to use the new columns mechanism with “\definemixedcolumns[columns]” at the begin of your document.
Yes, this one works OK, thanks Wolfgang! I'll see if I can find a minimal example that triggers the error...
keep in mind that mixed columns is work in progress (e.g. I need to add some footnote handling qas currently all notes end in their column Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On 19-7-2012 16:51, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
What does this "bad register code" mean? I don't even know where to begin to look for an error - there is one \start - \stopcolumns environment earlier in my document, which does appear to work normally. Any pointers?
a box / dimen mixup .. fixing it now Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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