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From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
To: org-mode-email <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 2-column mode for many cooking recipes
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:16:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87606hm9fr.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87inahcohd.fsf@gmail.com> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:01:18 +0000")

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Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, 28 Feb 2018 at 09:56, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> I have this as a recipe -
>
> [...]
>
>> How can I have the ingredients in a left-most column and the method in a
>> right-most column please? So that everything below the index entries is
>> in 2-column mode which ends after the citation. And it can then be
>> renewed below the next index entries of the next entry, ad infinitum.
>>
>> This is for an org-mode document that is exported to latex and built
>> into a pdf file.
>
> You could use special blocks (section 12.10.10 of org manual).  See
> attached example for your recipe.  Does require LaTeX magic...

This is what Eric has suggested -

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Recipes
#+begin_export latex
\definecolor{verypaleblue}{rgb}{0.95,0.95,1}
\makeatletter\newenvironment{ingredients}{\begin{lrbox}{\@tempboxa}\begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}}{\end{minipage}\end{lrbox}\colorbox{verypaleblue}{\usebox{\@tempboxa}}}\makeatother
\makeatletter\newenvironment{steps}{\begin{lrbox}{\@tempboxa}\begin{minipage}{0.6\textwidth}\centering}{\end{minipage}\end{lrbox}\usebox{\@tempboxa}}\makeatother
#+end_export

** Date Bread
#+begin_ingredients
/12 ounces stoned dates/\\
/1 teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda/\\
/1 cupful boiling water/\\
/4 ounces margarine/\\
/1 egg/\\
/2 cups flour/\\
/$\frac{1}{2}$ cup sugar/\\
/pinch of salt/
#+end_ingredients
#+begin_steps
- Cut dates into pieces, shake soda over the dates, and pour water over.
- Add margarine cut into small pieces and stir well.
- Break egg into mixture, then add sugar and flour.
- Divide into two loaf tins and bake 90 minutes in moderate oven, Regulo 4.
#+end_steps
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And to use these two blocks I've written 2 new snippets -

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: 2 column, part 1, recipes
# key: xin
# --
#+begin_ingredients
$0
#+end_ingredients
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and -

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
# -*- mode: snippet -*-
# name: 2 column, part 2, recipes
# key: xst
# --
#+begin_steps
$0
#+end_steps
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And its now all working very well, and greatly enhances the look of the
printed page.

Thanks very much Eric, its working perfectly.

Thanks
Sharon.
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next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2018-02-28 15:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-28  9:56 2-column mode for many cooking recipes Sharon Kimble
2018-02-28 12:01 ` Eric S Fraga
2018-02-28 15:16   ` Sharon Kimble [this message]
2018-02-28 20:11     ` Eric S Fraga
2018-02-28 16:33   ` Sharon Kimble
2018-02-28 20:12     ` Eric S Fraga
2018-03-01 12:07 ` Sharon Kimble

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