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Multi-column Tables

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11.5.1 Multitable Column Widths
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You can define the column widths for a multitable in two ways: as
fractions of the line length; or with a prototype row.  Mixing the two
methods is not supported.  In either case, the widths are defined
entirely on the same line as the '@multitable' command.

  1. To specify column widths as fractions of the line length, write
     '@columnfractions' and the decimal numbers (presumably less than 1;
     a leading zero is allowed and ignored) after the '@multitable'
     command, as in:

          @multitable @columnfractions .33 .33 .33

     The fractions need not add up exactly to 1.0, as these do not.
     This allows you to produce tables that do not need the full line
     length.

  2. To specify a prototype row, write the longest entry for each column
     enclosed in braces after the '@multitable' command.  For example:

          @multitable {some text for column one} {for column two}

     The first column will then have the width of the typeset 'some text
     for column one', and the second column the width of 'for column
     two'.

     The prototype entries need not appear in the table itself.

     Although we used simple text in this example, the prototype entries
     can contain Texinfo commands; markup commands such as '@code' are
     particularly likely to be useful.


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