[texhax] double column section headers?

Hubert Lam hubert at lamfamily.info
Tue Nov 29 08:37:20 CET 2011


Hi Steve

Have you tried the multicol package?


\usepackage{multicol}
\section{A section}
\begin{multicols}{2}
Stuff in 
\columnbreak
Two columns
\end{multicols}

\section{Another section}
\begin{multicols}{2}
Stuff in 
\columnbreak
Two columns
\end{multicols}

Or is it not suitable for your needs?

Hubert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: texhax-bounces at tug.org [mailto:texhax-bounces at tug.org] On Behalf
> Of Steve Schwartz
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:59 AM
> To: texhax at tug.org Hax
> Subject: [texhax] double column section headers?
> 
> I'm typesetting a document in two-column mode. However, as some of the
> section headings are long, and always start on a new page since they come
> from an include'd file, I'd like to spread the header across both columns.
> 
> The simple approach:
> 
> \twocolumn[{\subsection[short]{section title}\label{sec:mysec}}] blah
> 
> almost works. The heading is spread across the page, the toc entry is correct,
> and subsequent sectioning is fine. [If I put the \label outside the argument to
> \twocolumn it picks up the preceding sectioning. But \labels in subordinate
> \subsubsections are ok. I presume this is a scoping problem of some sort, as
> may be the following.]
> 
> However, the \rightmark isn't updated. I can workaround the \rightmark by
> doing it manually:
> 
> \twocolumn[{\subsection[short]{section title}\label{sec:mysec}}]
> \markright{\thesubsection\ short} blah
> 
> but this makes me slightly nervous that something else may unravel for me
> later. Multicols isn't an option due to the inability to handle non-starred,
> single column floats.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks
> Steve
> 
> PS The extra braces around \subsection are necessary to hide the square
> bracket [short] for the short title, but the rightmark behaviour is the same
> even if I use:
> 
> \twocolumn[\subsection{section title}]
> 
> and then, of course, the long title ends up in the toc.
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