Why is this tabular environment necessary?












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In this post I discovered that the definition of maketitle is:



def@maketitle{%
newpage
null
vskip 2em%
begin{center}%
let footnote thanks
{LARGE @title par}%
vskip 1.5em%
{large
lineskip .5em%
begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
@author
end{tabular}par}%
vskip 1em%
{large @date}%
end{center}%
par
vskip 1.5em}
fi


My question is: why is author typeset in a tabular environment when the title and date aren't?










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    Because of the alignment in case of having more than one author. It's easier. and is a cunning way of endtabular...tabular

    – user31729
    Jan 26 at 22:40













  • Also, is maketitle necessary?

    – John Kormylo
    Jan 27 at 19:56
















5















In this post I discovered that the definition of maketitle is:



def@maketitle{%
newpage
null
vskip 2em%
begin{center}%
let footnote thanks
{LARGE @title par}%
vskip 1.5em%
{large
lineskip .5em%
begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
@author
end{tabular}par}%
vskip 1em%
{large @date}%
end{center}%
par
vskip 1.5em}
fi


My question is: why is author typeset in a tabular environment when the title and date aren't?










share|improve this question


















  • 3





    Because of the alignment in case of having more than one author. It's easier. and is a cunning way of endtabular...tabular

    – user31729
    Jan 26 at 22:40













  • Also, is maketitle necessary?

    – John Kormylo
    Jan 27 at 19:56














5












5








5








In this post I discovered that the definition of maketitle is:



def@maketitle{%
newpage
null
vskip 2em%
begin{center}%
let footnote thanks
{LARGE @title par}%
vskip 1.5em%
{large
lineskip .5em%
begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
@author
end{tabular}par}%
vskip 1em%
{large @date}%
end{center}%
par
vskip 1.5em}
fi


My question is: why is author typeset in a tabular environment when the title and date aren't?










share|improve this question














In this post I discovered that the definition of maketitle is:



def@maketitle{%
newpage
null
vskip 2em%
begin{center}%
let footnote thanks
{LARGE @title par}%
vskip 1.5em%
{large
lineskip .5em%
begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
@author
end{tabular}par}%
vskip 1em%
{large @date}%
end{center}%
par
vskip 1.5em}
fi


My question is: why is author typeset in a tabular environment when the title and date aren't?







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  • 3





    Because of the alignment in case of having more than one author. It's easier. and is a cunning way of endtabular...tabular

    – user31729
    Jan 26 at 22:40













  • Also, is maketitle necessary?

    – John Kormylo
    Jan 27 at 19:56














  • 3





    Because of the alignment in case of having more than one author. It's easier. and is a cunning way of endtabular...tabular

    – user31729
    Jan 26 at 22:40













  • Also, is maketitle necessary?

    – John Kormylo
    Jan 27 at 19:56








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3





Because of the alignment in case of having more than one author. It's easier. and is a cunning way of endtabular...tabular

– user31729
Jan 26 at 22:40







Because of the alignment in case of having more than one author. It's easier. and is a cunning way of endtabular...tabular

– user31729
Jan 26 at 22:40















Also, is maketitle necessary?

– John Kormylo
Jan 27 at 19:56





Also, is maketitle necessary?

– John Kormylo
Jan 27 at 19:56










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You have to supplement this with the definition of and:



end{tabular}hskip 1em plus .17filbegin {tabular}[t]{c}


So if you specify



author{A. Uthor \ Here University and W. Riter \ There University}


the author part will become (reformatted and with and replaced for clarity)



begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
A. Uthor \ Here University
end{tabular}
hskip 1em plus .17fil
begin {tabular}[t]{c}
W. Riter \ There University
end{tabular}par


Thus you get two distinct tabular, separated by some horizontal spacing. If only one author is expected, then tabular wouldn't be necessary, but this is frequently not the case.






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    You have to supplement this with the definition of and:



    end{tabular}hskip 1em plus .17filbegin {tabular}[t]{c}


    So if you specify



    author{A. Uthor \ Here University and W. Riter \ There University}


    the author part will become (reformatted and with and replaced for clarity)



    begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
    A. Uthor \ Here University
    end{tabular}
    hskip 1em plus .17fil
    begin {tabular}[t]{c}
    W. Riter \ There University
    end{tabular}par


    Thus you get two distinct tabular, separated by some horizontal spacing. If only one author is expected, then tabular wouldn't be necessary, but this is frequently not the case.






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      You have to supplement this with the definition of and:



      end{tabular}hskip 1em plus .17filbegin {tabular}[t]{c}


      So if you specify



      author{A. Uthor \ Here University and W. Riter \ There University}


      the author part will become (reformatted and with and replaced for clarity)



      begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
      A. Uthor \ Here University
      end{tabular}
      hskip 1em plus .17fil
      begin {tabular}[t]{c}
      W. Riter \ There University
      end{tabular}par


      Thus you get two distinct tabular, separated by some horizontal spacing. If only one author is expected, then tabular wouldn't be necessary, but this is frequently not the case.






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        You have to supplement this with the definition of and:



        end{tabular}hskip 1em plus .17filbegin {tabular}[t]{c}


        So if you specify



        author{A. Uthor \ Here University and W. Riter \ There University}


        the author part will become (reformatted and with and replaced for clarity)



        begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
        A. Uthor \ Here University
        end{tabular}
        hskip 1em plus .17fil
        begin {tabular}[t]{c}
        W. Riter \ There University
        end{tabular}par


        Thus you get two distinct tabular, separated by some horizontal spacing. If only one author is expected, then tabular wouldn't be necessary, but this is frequently not the case.






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        You have to supplement this with the definition of and:



        end{tabular}hskip 1em plus .17filbegin {tabular}[t]{c}


        So if you specify



        author{A. Uthor \ Here University and W. Riter \ There University}


        the author part will become (reformatted and with and replaced for clarity)



        begin{tabular}[t]{c}%
        A. Uthor \ Here University
        end{tabular}
        hskip 1em plus .17fil
        begin {tabular}[t]{c}
        W. Riter \ There University
        end{tabular}par


        Thus you get two distinct tabular, separated by some horizontal spacing. If only one author is expected, then tabular wouldn't be necessary, but this is frequently not the case.







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