制作包含两列的多页表格，从左列开始到右列

Question

我需要根据多页表或其他方式制作符号列表，只要能产生相同的结果即可。是的，我读过：表格列表？。但是对于我这样的初学者来说太复杂了。我只需要自己一个一个地输入单元格列，而不是自动的。这是我的要求：

1. 我的表格可能会破坏页面，因为我有很多符号。我需要类似的东西，longtable但支持两列。
2. 这里的两列是指表格先填充左列，再填充右列，分页，从左列开始，到右列等。
3. 左右各列的宽度大小相同。
4. 重复表头。

这实际上并不是一次尝试，但是这是我使用的 MWE longtable，如果单元格不够长以显示分页，请重复一些行：

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[a4paper, inner=4cm, outer=3cm, top=4cm, bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
\chapter*{\textbf{LIST OF SYMBOLS}}

\begin{longtable}{p{1cm}p{.5cm}p{3cm}}
    \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Symbol}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Meaning}}\\
    \endfirsthead
    \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Symbol}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Meaning}}\\
    \endhead 
    $a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
    $b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
    $c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
    $d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
    $e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
    $f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
    $g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
    $h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
    $i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
    $j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
    $k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
    $l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
    $m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
    $n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
    $o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
    $p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
    $q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
    $r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
    $s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
    $t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
    $u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
    $v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
    $w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
    $x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
    $y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
    $z$ &=& This is letter $z$\\
    $a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
    $b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
    $c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
    $d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
    $e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
    $f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
    $g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
    $h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
    $i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
    $j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
    $k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
    $l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
    $m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
    $n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
    $o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
    $p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
    $q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
    $r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
    $s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
    $t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
    $u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
    $v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
    $w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
    $x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
    $y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
    $z$ &=& This is letter $z$
\end{longtable}
\end{document}

希望您能帮助我。提前致谢！

Answer 1

借助此帮助，supertabular您可以实现在页面内部也可以使用的分页表twocolumn：

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{supertabular}
\usepackage[a4paper, inner=4cm, outer=3cm, top=4cm, bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just for dummy text. Do not use in actual document.
\begin{document}
\lipsum

\twocolumn
\chapter*{LIST OF SYMBOLS}
\tablehead{
    \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Symbol}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Meaning}}\\
} 
\begin{supertabular}{p{1cm}p{.5cm}p{3cm}}
    $a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
    $b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
    $c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
    $d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
    $e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
    $f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
    $g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
    $h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
    $i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
    $j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
    $k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
    $l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
    $m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
    $n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
    $o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
    $p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
    $q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
    $r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
    $s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
    $t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
    $u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
    $v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
    $w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
    $x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
    $y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
    $z$ &=& This is letter $z$\\
    $a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
    $b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
    $c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
    $d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
    $e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
    $f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
    $g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
    $h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
    $i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
    $j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
    $k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
    $l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
    $m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
    $n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
    $o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
    $p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
    $q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
    $r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
    $s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
    $t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
    $u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
    $v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
    $w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
    $x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
    $y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
    $z$ &=& This is letter $z$\\
    $a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
    $b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
    $c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
    $d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
    $e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
    $f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
    $g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
    $h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
    $i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
    $j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
    $k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
    $l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
    $m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
    $n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
    $o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
    $p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
    $q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
    $r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
    $s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
    $t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
    $u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
    $v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
    $w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
    $x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
    $y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
    $z$ &=& This is letter $z$\\
\end{supertabular}
\onecolumn

\lipsum
\end{document}

---

这里的方法略有不同，表格会自动调整到列宽。我还假设第一列的所有内容都应该处于数学模式，所以我自动添加了它。我还在=第一列和最后一列之间添加了，所以不需要一遍又一遍地重复。

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{supertabular}
\usepackage{array, calc}
\usepackage[a4paper, inner=4cm, outer=3cm, top=4cm, bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just for dummy text. Do not use in actual document.
\begin{document}
\lipsum

\twocolumn
\chapter*{LIST OF SYMBOLS}
\tablehead{
    \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Symbol}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Meaning}}\\
} 
\newlength{\mycolwidth}
\setlength{\mycolwidth}{\widthof{\textbf{Symbol}}}
\begin{supertabular}{>{\(}wl{\mycolwidth}<{\)}@{\hspace{\tabcolsep}=\hspace{\tabcolsep}}p{\dimexpr\columnwidth-4\tabcolsep-\mycolwidth-1em}}
    a &  This is letter $a$ This is letter $a$ This is letter $a$ This is letter $a$ This is letter $a$ \\
    b & This is letter $b$\\
    c & This is letter $c$\\
    d & This is letter $d$\\
\end{supertabular}
\onecolumn

\lipsum
\end{document}