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I am using the longtable package to generate tables that may extend past a single page, and I am coming up with a strange format on particular tables. The table itself looks like this: Picture of table generated

And here is the code I used to generate it:

\begin{longtable}{| l | l || r |} 
\hline
\emph{Tag} & \emph{Name} & \emph{Percent Complete} \\
\hline

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 100.0\% \\ 
aaaaaa & bbbbbbb & 50.0\% \\ 
aaaaaa & bbbbbbb & 50.0\% \\ 
aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb & 0.0\% \\ 
\hline
\end{longtable}

So why is the width of the table suddenly expanded to the right about 3/4 of the way down? Am I missing something, or is there something that isn't being formatted correctly?

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Your fonts are low-res :P – percusse Oct 18 '12 at 19:57

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That's as expected, just re-run LaTeX until it stops asking you to re-run and everything will be OK, I promise:-)

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The problem is this is scripted and uses pdflatex - I'm not sure if I can detect when a re-run is needed or not. – nuclearpenguin Oct 18 '12 at 20:06
@nuclearpenguin: I would just add a couple of recompiles by default then and not worry about detection. There's also latexmk for this. – Werner Oct 18 '12 at 20:11
Adding a second recompile does seem to fix the issue. Thanks! – nuclearpenguin Oct 18 '12 at 20:14
well you can run it 2 or three times anyway or you can grep for "rerun latex" in the log file or you can save the log file from the last run and re-run until the log file shows no diff or... – David Carlisle Oct 18 '12 at 20:17

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