Hello;

I am using tabular, because that worked best for what I do, better
than tabularx (I use Latex2html to export to HTML later on, and
tabular works better with latex2html).

I am able to make paragraphs inside table, add enumeration lists,
and such, and all of this is working fine.

I wanted to see if I can also put a box or frame around
each 'cell' in the table to make the table looks nicer.

So that each cell in the table will have a complete frame
around it, separate from each other cell's frame.

But all my attempts failed. Below is what I tried. It seems
fbox works, but only when its argument is simple text, but nothing
advanced liked enumeration or paragraph. I tried to make each cell
as minipage and put frame around the minipage, but not working, errors,
or I am not doing it right.

Any idea if such a thing is possible?

thanks

----------------------------------------
\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{html}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{  p{2in} p{2in} p{2in}}

\parbox{4in}{  %------- does not work
first column
}

&

\fbox{second column}  %------ this works

&

fbox{   %------------------- this does not work
\begin{enumerate}
\item A
\item B
\end{enumerate}
}

\end{tabular}
\end{document}
--------------------------

--Nasser

I thought to show what I'd like it to look like.

Running this:

----------------------
\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{html}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
my table
\end{center}

\begin{tabular}{  p{2in} p{2in} p{2in}}
\fbox{A} & \fbox{B} & \fbox{C}\\
\fbox{A2} & \fbox{B2} & \fbox{C2}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}
----------------------

Will produce something like what I want. But again, the above
works only with the argument to fbox is simple text, and
nothing more complicated.

If you want to see the output of the above, here is a screen shot
from my output:

http://12000.org/tmp/march_21_2011/table.png

Thanks
--Nasser

On 3/21/2011 4:41 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I am using tabular, because that worked best for what I do, better
> than tabularx (I use Latex2html to export to HTML later on, and
> tabular works better with latex2html).
>
> I am able to make paragraphs inside table, add enumeration lists,
> and such, and all of this is working fine.
>
> I wanted to see if I can also put a box or frame around
> each 'cell' in the table to make the table looks nicer.
>
> So that each cell in the table will have a complete frame
> around it, separate from each other cell's frame.
>
> But all my attempts failed. Below is what I tried. It seems
> fbox works, but only when its argument is simple text, but nothing
> advanced liked enumeration or paragraph. I tried to make each cell
> as minipage and put frame around the minipage, but not working, errors,
> or I am not doing it right.
>
> Any idea if such a thing is possible?
>
> thanks
>
> ----------------------------------------
> \documentclass{article}%
> \usepackage{enumerate}
> \usepackage{html}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{tabular}{  p{2in} p{2in} p{2in}}
>
> \parbox{4in}{  %------- does not work
> first column
> }
>
> &
>
> \fbox{second column}  %------ this works
>
> &
>
> fbox{   %------------------- this does not work
> \begin{enumerate}
> \item A
> \item B
> \end{enumerate}
> }
>
> \end{tabular}
> \end{document}
> --------------------------
>
> --Nasser

Le 21/03/2011 12:41, Nasser M. Abbasi a �crit :
>
> Hello;
>
> I am using tabular, because that worked best for what I do, better
> than tabularx (I use Latex2html to export to HTML later on, and
> tabular works better with latex2html).
>
> I am able to make paragraphs inside table, add enumeration lists,
> and such, and all of this is working fine.
>
> I wanted to see if I can also put a box or frame around
> each 'cell' in the table to make the table looks nicer.

I'm convinced it will look uglier than ever ! because your frames
will be of different sizes in each cell.

> So that each cell in the table will have a complete frame
> around it, separate from each other cell's frame.
>
> But all my attempts failed. Below is what I tried. It seems
> fbox works, but only when its argument is simple text, but nothing
> advanced liked enumeration or paragraph. I tried to make each cell
> as minipage and put frame around the minipage, but not working, errors,
> or I am not doing it right.

Normal: \fbox is \hbox and cannot not contain vertical material.

> Any idea if such a thing is possible?

Yes: but it's not a "regular preamble" if you permit.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage {enumerate}
\usepackage {array}
\usepackage {xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{|  *3{>{\begin{lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
 
<{\end{lrbox}\indent\hfill\copy0\hfill
                                                 \llap{\boxframe{1.5in}
 
{\dimexpr\ht0+2mm}
 
{\dimexpr\dp0+2mm}} } | }}
              \hline
A & B & C           \\
A2 & B2 & \vbox{\advance\hsize -\tabcolsep\begin{itemize}
                             \item one
                             \item two
                         \end{itemize}} \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}\endinput

On 3/21/2011 5:53 AM, GL wrote:

>
> Yes: but it's not a "regular preamble" if you permit.
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage {enumerate}
> \usepackage {array}
> \usepackage {xcolor}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{tabular}{|  *3{>{\begin{lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
>
> <{\end{lrbox}\indent\hfill\copy0\hfill
>                                                   \llap{\boxframe{1.5in}
>
> {\dimexpr\ht0+2mm}
>
> {\dimexpr\dp0+2mm}} } | }}
>                \hline
> A&  B&  C           \\
> A2&  B2&  \vbox{\advance\hsize -\tabcolsep\begin{itemize}
>                               \item one
>                               \item two
>                           \end{itemize}} \\ \hline
> \end{tabular}
>
> \end{document}\endinput
>

Thanks.

I am a newbie in Latex, but I made sure I copied the above
OK, and I get an error when I run it on my linux box:

---------------------
$ latex index.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
  restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./index.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
......
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/enumerate.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
(/etc/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)) (./index.aux)
Runaway argument?
{| *3{>{\begin {lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
! Paragraph ended before \@@array was complete.
<to be read again>
                    \par
l.9
     
?

------------------

This is the code again, I copied it from my latex file
to make sure

------------------------------
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage {enumerate}
\usepackage {array}
\usepackage {xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{|  *3{>{\begin{lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
  
<{\end{lrbox}\indent\hfill\copy0\hfill\llap{\boxframe{1.5in}

{\dimexpr\ht0+2mm}
  
{\dimexpr\dp0+2mm}} } | }}
  \hline
A & B & C   \\
A2 & B2 & \vbox{\advance\hsize -\tabcolsep\begin{itemize}
                              \item one
                              \item two
                          \end{itemize}} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}
--------------------------

(Tried with or without the \endinput you had there at the
end, no difference).

$ which latex
/usr/bin/latex
$ latex -v
pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)


--Nasser

Le 21/03/2011 15:41, Nasser M. Abbasi a �crit :
> On 3/21/2011 5:53 AM, GL wrote:
> Runaway argument?
> {| *3{>{\begin {lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
> ! Paragraph ended before \@@array was complete.
> <to be read again>
> \par
> l.9
> ?


Yes of course, this is TeX standard mechanism. You copied wrong:
the preamble must not contain \par and a blank line is equivalent
to \par.

Thus make sure the preamble is one single paragraph in the sense
of TeX, ie: there are no \par nor blank lines in it.

TeXnically, the error means: I stop because the argument of \@@array
contains \par and should not because \@@array is not a long macro.

For example :
          \begin{tabular} {l\par l}    \end{tabular}
leads to the same error.






>
> ------------------
>
> This is the code again, I copied it from my latex file
> to make sure
>
> ------------------------------
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage {enumerate}
> \usepackage {array}
> \usepackage {xcolor}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{tabular}{| *3{>{\begin{lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
>
> <{\end{lrbox}\indent\hfill\copy0\hfill\llap{\boxframe{1.5in}
>
> {\dimexpr\ht0+2mm}
>
> {\dimexpr\dp0+2mm}} } | }}
> \hline
> A & B & C \\
> A2 & B2 & \vbox{\advance\hsize -\tabcolsep\begin{itemize}
> \item one
> \item two
> \end{itemize}} \\
> \hline
> \end{tabular}
>
> \end{document}
> --------------------------
>
> (Tried with or without the \endinput you had there at the
> end, no difference).
>
> $ which latex
> /usr/bin/latex
> $ latex -v
> pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
>
>
> --Nasser

GL wrote:
> Le 21/03/2011 15:41, Nasser M. Abbasi a �crit :
>> On 3/21/2011 5:53 AM, GL wrote:
>> Runaway argument?
>> {| *3{>{\begin {lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
>> ! Paragraph ended before \@@array was complete.
>> <to be read again>
>> \par
>> l.9
>> ?
> 
> 
> Yes of course, this is TeX standard mechanism. You copied wrong:
> the preamble must not contain \par and a blank line is equivalent
> to \par.
> 
> Thus make sure the preamble is one single paragraph in the sense
> of TeX, ie: there are no \par nor blank lines in it.
> 
> TeXnically, the error means: I stop because the argument of \@@array
> contains \par and should not because \@@array is not a long macro.
> 
> For example :
>          \begin{tabular} {l\par l}    \end{tabular}
> leads to the same error.
> 
> 

seems to be a problem with the news reader, mine also showed your code 
with blank lines within the vital parts of the code.

> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> This is the code again, I copied it from my latex file
>> to make sure
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage {enumerate}
>> \usepackage {array}
>> \usepackage {xcolor}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \begin{tabular}{| *3{>{\begin{lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
>>
>> <{\end{lrbox}\indent\hfill\copy0\hfill\llap{\boxframe{1.5in}
>>
>> {\dimexpr\ht0+2mm}
>>
>> {\dimexpr\dp0+2mm}} } | }}
>> \hline
>> A & B & C \\
>> A2 & B2 & \vbox{\advance\hsize -\tabcolsep\begin{itemize}
>> \item one
>> \item two
>> \end{itemize}} \\
>> \hline
>> \end{tabular}
>>
>> \end{document}
>> --------------------------
>>
>> (Tried with or without the \endinput you had there at the
>> end, no difference).
>>
>> $ which latex
>> /usr/bin/latex
>> $ latex -v
>> pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
>>
>>
>> --Nasser
> 


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Le 21/03/2011 16:27, Lars Madsen a �crit :
> GL wrote:
>> Le 21/03/2011 15:41, Nasser M. Abbasi a �crit :
>>> On 3/21/2011 5:53 AM, GL wrote:
>>> Runaway argument?
>>> {| *3{>{\begin {lrbox}0} m{1.5in}
>>> ! Paragraph ended before \@@array was complete.
>>> <to be read again>
>>> \par
>>> l.9
>>> ?
>>
>>
>> Yes of course, this is TeX standard mechanism. You copied wrong:
>> the preamble must not contain \par and a blank line is equivalent
>> to \par.
>>
>> Thus make sure the preamble is one single paragraph in the sense
>> of TeX, ie: there are no \par nor blank lines in it.
>>
>> TeXnically, the error means: I stop because the argument of \@@array
>> contains \par and should not because \@@array is not a long macro.
>>
>> For example :
>> \begin{tabular} {l\par l} \end{tabular}
>> leads to the same error.
>>
>>
>
> seems to be a problem with the news reader, mine also showed your code
> with blank lines within the vital parts of the code.

I only copied-pasted from my text editor without much care.

Such like "runaway argument" / "Paragraph ended before ... was complete"
and \@ -> you can't \spacefactor in vertical / math mode must be known
soon or later by any user.

Yours sincerely.

On 21/03/11 11:41, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I am using tabular, because that worked best for what I do, better
> than tabularx (I use Latex2html to export to HTML later on, and
> tabular works better with latex2html).
>
> I am able to make paragraphs inside table, add enumeration lists,
> and such, and all of this is working fine.
>
> I wanted to see if I can also put a box or frame around
> each 'cell' in the table to make the table looks nicer.
>
> So that each cell in the table will have a complete frame
> around it, separate from each other cell's frame.

If you can ignore the error messages at the end of each cell...

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancybox,array,lipsum}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{*3{>{\begin{Sbox}\vbox to6cm\bgroup
         \hsize4cm\tiny\raggedright\arraybackslash}l<{\egroup
         \end{Sbox}\fbox{\TheSbox}}}c}
\lipsum[1]&\lipsum[2]&\lipsum[3]&\\[\tabcolsep]
\lipsum[4]&\lipsum[5]&\lipsum[6]&\\[\tabcolsep]
\lipsum[7]&\lipsum[8]&\lipsum[9]&\\[\tabcolsep]
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

///Peter