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From: dorai@titan.rice.edu (Dorai Sitaram)
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Subject: _Impatient_'s \doublecolumns and \singlecolumn for LaTeX
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Date: 5 Dec 90 20:26:02 GMT
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I found the \doublecolumns and \singlecolumn macros written by Karl
Berry and described in the book _TeX for the Impatient_ very neat.
They allow one to switch between these two styles in mid-page, as
opposed to LaTeX's \twocolumn and \onecolumn, which force a page
break.  The hitch is Berry's stuff works only in plainTeX.  Has anyone
modified his stuff so that it works in LaTeX too? 

--d