diff --git a/lbol.tex b/lbol.tex index e8bcda9..4fde513 100644 --- a/lbol.tex +++ b/lbol.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\documentclass[twoside, 9pt]{extreport} +\documentclass[twoside, 9pt, letter]{extreport} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Packages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} % Include bibliography in TOC without numbering -\usepackage{multicol} \usepackage{wrapfig} % Let's wrap some images \usepackage{ulem} % Use strikethrough \usepackage{microtype} % Make things neater. Thanks /u/-LeopardShark- @@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ \usepackage{array} % Add custom widths to tables \usepackage{nameref} % Use chapter names in references \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % Include URLs, but hide the big red box in the pdf. +\usepackage{ninecolors} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Page Set-Up %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usepackage[ - paperheight=8.5in, - paperwidth=5.5in, +% paperheight=8.5in, +% paperwidth=5.5in, margin=0.5in, heightrounded, ]{geometry} @@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ \NumTabs{18} % Define 18 tab stops (at 1/4" intervals) [tabto] package +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Newspaper Columns %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\usepackage{multicol} +\setlength{\columnsep}{13mm} +\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt} +\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{gray5}} + + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Macros %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @@ -167,6 +175,8 @@ I may do a second volume of this, or I may simply do a second edition. If I do, \chapter{Beginnings} +\begin{multicols}{2} + \section{About the Author} I am neither a mathematician nor a physicist, but I've been fascinated with typography for as long as I can remember.\footnote{I majored in biology and English, so poking around in old books probably had a lot to do with it.} I finally decided to take the plunge and learn \LaTeX{}, but because I have a project-based mind, I needed a project to learn it. I ended up creating a zine about Linux,\footnote{Which you can read about at \kref{https://just13.click/thecodex/}{https://just13.click/thecodex/}} typeset entirely in \LaTeX{}. It's been a fun ongoing project, and I've learned a lot as a result. I finally decided that instead of keeping notes everywhere (mostly in the preambles of the documents I've been working on) I decided to write a little book that recorded what I've learned to use as a reference guide. If I had something like this when I started, things probably would have gone much more smoothly for me. A lot of this material has been previously published in that zine, but there is quite a bit here which is new. @@ -206,6 +216,9 @@ These are listed roughly in the order of how often I consult them. \item \textbf{\textsc{TUGboat}} — The communications of the \TeX{} Users Group. Again, there is less useful information to a \LaTeX{} novice, but lots of \textit{interesting} information. \kref{https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/}{https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/} \end{itemize} +\end{multicols} + + \chapter{\LaTeX{} Basics} \section{Files vs. Documents}