From: Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com>
To: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
Cc: org-mode-email <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 2-column mode for many cooking recipes
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:01:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87inahcohd.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87606ho2sa.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (Sharon Kimble's message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:56:53 +0000")
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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...
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#+title: Recipes
#+author: Professor Eric S Fraga
#+macro: lastchange 2018.02.26 11:14
#+options: toc:nil num:nil
* 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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-28 12:01 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 [this message]
2018-02-28 15:16 ` Sharon Kimble
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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