LaTeX multi-page table with inter-row page breaks
% First version published on https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.text.tex/gE80AAOQ83U/woX-CFfUQYEJ | |
% Several changes are applied | |
\documentclass{article} | |
\usepackage{lipsum} | |
\usepackage{cals} | |
\usepackage[latin]{babel} | |
\showboxbreadth=100 | |
\showboxdepth=100 | |
\makeatletter | |
\let\oldDispatch=\cals@row@dispatch | |
\newbox\rowBefore | |
\newbox\rowAfter | |
\newbox\decorationCopy | |
\newdimen\splitHeight | |
\def\cals@row@dispatch{% | |
\cals@ifbreak\iftrue % detect that a break is required | |
\splitHeight=\pagegoal \advance\splitHeight -\pagetotal | |
\ifdim \splitHeight>50pt % break inrow only if at least 100pt left | |
\advance\splitHeight -5pt % avoid pagebreak due to overflows | |
% | |
% Split the current row on two: before and after the break | |
% | |
\setbox\rowBefore=\hbox{} | |
\setbox\rowAfter=\hbox{} | |
\def\next{% | |
\setbox0=\lastbox | |
\ifvoid0 | |
\def\next{\global\setbox\rowBefore=\box\rowBefore | |
\global\setbox\rowAfter=\box\rowAfter }% | |
\else | |
\setbox2=\vsplit0 to\splitHeight | |
\ifvoid0 | |
\setbox0=\vbox{\hbox to \wd2{}}% | |
\fi | |
\setbox\rowBefore=\hbox{\box2 \unhbox\rowBefore | |
\hbox to 0pt{\hss\vbox{\hrule width\wd\cals@current@cs}}}% | |
\setbox\rowAfter=\hbox{\box0 \unhbox\rowAfter}% | |
\fi | |
\next} | |
\setbox0=\hbox{\unhbox\cals@current@row \next} | |
% | |
% Decoration backup, typeset the first row, | |
% restore context, typeset the second at the end of macro | |
% | |
\setbox\decorationCopy=\copy\cals@current@cs | |
\setbox\cals@current@row=\box\rowBefore | |
\ht\cals@current@cs=\ht\cals@current@row | |
\oldDispatch | |
\cals@issue@break | |
\cals@thead@tokens | |
\setbox\cals@current@row=\box\rowAfter | |
\cals@reheight@cells\cals@current@row | |
\setbox\cals@current@cs=\box\decorationCopy | |
\ht\cals@current@cs=\ht\cals@current@row | |
\let\cals@current@context=b | |
\fi | |
\fi | |
\oldDispatch} | |
\begin{document} | |
\begin{calstable} | |
\colwidths{{150pt}{150pt}{150pt}} | |
\thead{\brow \bfseries \cell{header1}\cell{header2}\cell{header3} | |
\mdseries \erow} | |
\brow \cell{\lipsum[ 1]}\cell{\lipsum[ 2]}\cell{\lipsum[ 3]} \erow | |
\brow \cell{\lipsum[ 4]}\cell{\lipsum[ 5]}\cell{\lipsum[ 6]} \erow | |
\brow \cell{\lipsum[ 7]}\cell{\lipsum[ 8]}\cell{\lipsum[ 9]} \erow | |
\brow \cell{\lipsum[10]}\cell{\lipsum[11]}\cell{\lipsum[12]} \erow | |
\brow \cell{\lipsum[13]}\cell{\lipsum[14]}\cell{\lipsum[15]} \erow | |
\brow \cell{\lipsum[16]}\cell{\lipsum[17]}\cell{\lipsum[18]} \erow | |
\end{calstable} | |
\end{document} |
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This actually works, and handled my problem of having multi-page table that needs inter-row breaks.
I have one question. I would like to remove the vertical and horizontal lines dividing columns and rows. Is it doable?