Page Layout ⇒ Prevent paragraph break in a multicol environment

[charlax]

Hi,

My question is rather simple : I would like to prevent any paragraph break in a multicol environment. I mean, there should be no paragraph break between two columns.

I must be using the multicol environment (the rest of my document is one-column). I want this because breaking inside a stanza is unrefined.

Here is a standard document:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\setlength{\parskip}{12pt}  % 12 pt = space between paragraphs
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} % 0 pt  = indentation
\usepackage{anysize}
\marginsize{2cm}{2cm}{2cm}{2cm}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, \\
Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison, \\
Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison, \\
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge !
Quand reverrai-je, hélas, de mon petit village \\
Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison \\
Reverrai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison, \\
Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup davantage ?
Plus me plaît le séjour qu'ont bâti mes aïeux, \\
Que des palais Romains le front audacieux, \\
Plus que le marbre dur me plaît l'ardoise fine :
Plus mon Loir gaulois, que le Tibre latin, \\
Plus mon petit Liré, que le mont Palatin, \\
Et plus que l'air marin la doulceur angevine.
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
 
 
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Thank you very much,

Charles

[localghost]

Some modifications will do the trick.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
%\setlength{\parskip}{12pt}  % 12 pt = space between paragraphs
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} % 0 pt  = indentation
\begin{document}
  \begin{multicols}{2}
    \raggedcolumns
    Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, \\
    Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison, \\
    Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison, \\
    Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge !
    \medskip
    Quand reverrai-je, hélas, de mon petit village \\
    Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison \\
    Reverrai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison, \\
    Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup davantage ?
    \columnbreak
    \medskip
    Plus me plaît le séjour qu'ont bâti mes aïeux, \\
    Que des palais Romains le front audacieux, \\
    Plus que le marbre dur me plaît l'ardoise fine :
    \medskip
    Plus mon Loir gaulois, que le Tibre latin, \\
    Plus mon petit Liré, que le mont Palatin, \\
    Et plus que l'air marin la doulceur angevine.
  \end{multicols}
\end{document}
 
 
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The multicol manual explains that in detail.


Best regards
Thorsten

[charlax]

I had taken a look at the multicol manual, but couldn't find a simple way to do that. Thank you very much, your solution is simple and working perfectly.