This is the LaTeX Template for the new grid-system package.
Grid system is a package that implements grid like layouts for LaTeX, as it is commonly known from CSS. You can easily divide your horizontal space into equal parts and assign these to boxes containing your content.
\documentclass[DIV13,a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[default,scale=0.95]{opensans}
\usepackage[scaled=0.85]{beramono}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{grid-system}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{linkcolor}{rgb}{0, 0, 0.93}
\usepackage[
hidelinks,
colorlinks=true,
urlcolor=linkcolor
]{hyperref}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
\lstset{language=[LaTeX]tex,xleftmargin=2em}
\title{Grid System}
\author{Marcus Bitzl\\ \url{marcus@bitzl.com}}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
Grid system is a package that implements grid like layouts for \LaTeX, as it is commonly known from CSS. You can easily divide your horizontal space into equal parts and assign these to boxes containing your content.
\end{abstract}
\section{Usage}
There are two environments to divide your area into boxes: \texttt{row} to divide your area into columns and \texttt{cell} to fill the area with content:
\medskip
\begin{lstlisting}
\begin{row}{<Number of columns}{<Number of cells>}
\begin{cell}{<Number of columns to span>}
...
\end{cell}
\begin{cell}{<Number of columns to span>}
...
\end{cell}
\end{row}
\end{lstlisting}
Each cell is created using a \texttt{minipage} environment. In future versions the will be a switch to choose either minipages or parboxes.
\section{Parameters}
There is one optional parameter for the environment \texttt{row} right now:
\medskip
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{llX}\toprule
\textbf{Parameter} & \textbf{Default} & \textbf{Description},\\ \midrule
cellsep & 1.75em & horizonal space between two cells.\\\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\section{Contribute}
You want to contribute? Just fork me on Github, start discussions and send me you pull requests:
\begin{center}
\href{https://github.com/bitzl/latex-grid-system}{\ttfamily bitzl/latex-grid-system}
\end{center}
\section{License}
Copyright 2013 Marcus Bitzl
\medskip
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
\medskip
\hspace*{1.2em}\href{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0}{\texttt{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0}}
\medskip
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
\section{Example}
\begin{row}[cellsep=0.75cm]{3}{3}
\begin{cell}{1}
\section*{Overview}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
This shows what you can do with the \texttt{grid-system} package and three columns.
\end{cell}
\begin{cell}{1}
\section*{Why use it?}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
Sometimes you need to split your text in several independent columns based on equal division of the available space. This package allows you to easily do so.
\end{cell}
\begin{cell}{1}
\section*{Contribute}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
You want to contribute? Just fork me on Github, start discussions and send me you pull requests:
\begin{center}
\href{https://github.com/bitzl/latex-grid-system}{\ttfamily bitzl/latex-grid-system}
\end{center}
\end{cell}
\end{row}
\bigskip
\begin{row}[cellsep=0.75cm]{3}{2}
\begin{cell}{2}
\section*{License}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
Copyright 2013 Marcus Bitzl
\medskip
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
\medskip
\hspace*{1.2em}\href{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0}{\texttt{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0}}
\medskip
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
\end{cell}%
\begin{cell}{1}
\section*{Why use it?}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
Sometimes you need to split your text in several independent columns based on equal division of the available space. This package allows you to easily do so.
\end{cell}
\end{row}
\bigskip
\begin{row}[cellsep=0.75cm]{3}{2}
\begin{cell}{1}
\section*{Short}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
This shows the capabilities of grid-system with three equal columns.
\end{cell}
\begin{cell}{2}
\section*{Long}
\vspace{-1.5ex}
Sometimes you need to split your text in several independent columns based on equal division of the available space. This package allows you to easily do so.
\end{cell}
\end{row}
\end{document}