From 5773abc8fff4e8b8970b7302056a5962d3e8e8d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Sven F. Biebricher" <32556063+froido@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 11:18:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] corrected 'Create a list of symbols'

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 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c63b4a..1047986 100644
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@@ -294,12 +294,12 @@ instead of
 ```
 
 ### Create a list of symbols
-The easiest way to create a list of symbols is to create a table containing your symbols and the description. You should use a longtable in this case to be prepared for a table enlarging a single page.
+The easiest way to create a list of symbols is to create a table containing your symbols and the description. You should use a longtable in this case to be prepared for a table enlarging a single page. Each column has a fixed width to ensure linebreaks if a description is to long for a single line.
 
 ```tex
 \chapter{List of Symbols}
   \section*{Latin Letters}
-    \begin{longtable}[l]{p{1.5cm}p{1.5cm}l}
+    \begin{longtable}[l]{p{1.5cm}p{1.5cm}p{0.7\linewidth}}
       $A_0$ & $[m^2]$ & cross-sectional area at the beginning of the experiment \\
       $B$ & $[m]$ & Sample width\\
       ...