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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Subject: Re: _Impatient_'s \doublecolumns and \singlecolumn for LaTeX
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Date: 6 Dec 90 02:39:02 GMT
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dorai@titan.rice.edu (Dorai Sitaram) writes:

>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? 

No (not that I know of, that is) but Frank Mittelbach's
multicol style can be found on many popular listservers.

Victor.