[Tex/LaTex] The minipage syntax

minipage

Can you explain me the syntax of the minipage please?

For example, here:

 \begin{minipage}[c]{0.45\linewidth}

what means 0.45 ?

Thank you in advance

Edit:

\documentclass{svjour3}      
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\inputencoding{latin1}
\usepackage{lmodern,textcomp}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=2cm,bottom=3.2cm,left=1.25cm,right=1.25cm]{geometry}

% Citation of the figure 
is shown in \ref{fig:metal}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{figure}

\begin{minipage}[c]{0.5\linewidth}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
ff & ff   & ff & ff \\ \hline
dd & ddd  & ff & jj \\ \hline
ss & xxtt & l  & jj \\ \hline
hh & gg   & ll & ll \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.3\linewidth}
\sidesubfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=4.5cm,height=4.1cm]{Image.jpg}\label{fig:im1}}
\end{minipage}

\begin{minipage}[c]{0.45\linewidth}
\sidesubfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=11cm,height=6cm]{spectra.jpg}\label{fig:spectra}}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% I would like to make the figure after 10 cm from the beginning of the line and not just after the `tabular`. What shall I do please?
\end{document}

Best Answer

in your mwe you have more issues:

missing package graphicx in preamble
missing is \begin{document}
you have spelling error in include graphics: instead of \include graphics{} had to be \includegraphics{}
if you like to have all three minipages in one line, then the sum of their width should be equal or less of \textwidth or in your case of linewidth, now you have 0.5\linewidth + 0.3\linewidth + 0.45\linewidth = 1.25\linewidth, consequently third minipage is moved in the next line.

corrected your mwe with added lipsum for generating dummy text is:

\documentclass{article}%{svjour3}
%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
%\inputencoding{latin1}
%\usepackage{lmodern,textcomp}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=2cm,bottom=3.2cm,left=1.25cm,right=1.25cm]{geometry}

\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}% for including images

\usepackage{lipsum}% for demo only

\begin{document}
% Citation of the figure is shown in \ref{fig:metal}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\lipsum[1]
    \begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.3\linewidth}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
a & b & c
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}\hfill
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.3\linewidth}
\includegraphics{}
\end{minipage}\hfill
\begin{minipage}[c]{0.3\linewidth}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
a & b & c
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
    \end{figure}
\lipsum[2]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\end{document}

i use article because i haven't installed svjour3, however described issues are independent of used document class.

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This avoids the problem, I think:

%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{array, xcolor, lipsum, bibentry}
\usepackage[
    paper=letterpaper,
    includefoot,            % Uncomment to put page number above margin
    marginparwidth=1in,     % Length of section titles
    marginparsep=.05in,     % Space between titles and text
    margin=1in,         % 1 inch margins
    ]{geometry}

\usepackage{showframe}

% Shrink spacing around section headings
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat*{\section}{\large\bfseries}
\titlespacing\section{0pt}{12pt plus 4pt minus 2pt}{0pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}

% Break tables across pages
\usepackage{supertabular}

% Set column sizes and color
\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.8}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.1225\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{R}{p{0.81\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{X}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.05\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{Y}{p{0.9\textwidth}}

% Commands to simplify starting a table
\newcommand\VRule{\color{lightgray}\vrule width 0.5pt}
\newcommand\smalltab{\begin{supertabular}{L!{\VRule}R}}
\newcommand\medtab{\begin{supertabular}{X!{\VRule}Y}}
\newcommand\longtab{\begin{supertabular}{L!{\VRule}R}}

\begin{document}
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% NAME AND CONTACT INFO
%-------------------------------------------------------------------

\hspace*{-\parindent}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.65\textwidth}
\begin{flushleft}
    \Huge{\textsc{Here is my name\\}}
    \Large{Curriculum Vitae}
\end{flushleft}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.35\textwidth}
    \small{Street Address\\
    City, State 12345\\
    emailaddress@gmail.com\\
    www.website.com\\
    1-555-555-5551}
\end{minipage}

%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% EDUCATION
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
\section*{Education}
\smalltab
    2011--present & PhD in Stuff, Very Awesome School.\\[2.5pt]
    2009--2011 & Masters in Stuff, Just OK School.\\[2.5pt]
    2004--2008 & Bachelors in Things, Relatively Awesome School.\\
\end{supertabular}

\end{document}

Basically, TeX is treating the first minipage as the beginning of a paragraph and indenting it accordingly. Putting in negative space equal to the paragraph indentation fixes the problem:

set minipage left with negative horizontal space equal to paragraph indent

[Tex/LaTex] Minipage separation

One possible not-so-nice way is to adjust the horizontal spacing manually using \hspace{the-space-that-you-prefer}.

  \documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{fancyhdr,graphicx,blindtext}
  \usepackage{geometry}
  \usepackage{showframe,fontawesome}
  \usepackage{titlesec}
  \geometry{nomarginpar,margin = 1in}
  \setlength{\headheight}{81pt}


  \rhead{
        {
            \fontsize{40pt}{60pt}\selectfont Foo Bar\\
        }
        555\faPhone\\
        555\faPhone\\
        555\faPhone\\
        \noindent\makebox[\linewidth]{\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}}
    }
    \pagestyle{fancy}

    \newcommand{\mysection}[1]{
        \titleformat{\section}{
            \bfseries
            \scshape
            \raggedright
            \uppercase
        }{}{0em}{\llap{\faFile\thinspace\thinspace}}
        \section{#1}
    }

    \begin{document}
        \begin{minipage}[t]{0.65\textwidth}
            \mysection{foo}
            \blindtext
        \end{minipage}
\hfill
        \begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}
            \mysection{bar}
            \blindtext
        \end{minipage}
    \end{document}

to get:

Another possible (not-so-nice) way is to let the engine determine the maximum spacing using \hfill option as in:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr,graphicx,blindtext}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{showframe,fontawesome}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\geometry{nomarginpar,margin = 1in}
\setlength{\headheight}{81pt}


\rhead{
    {
        \fontsize{40pt}{60pt}\selectfont Foo Bar\\
    }
    555\faPhone\\
    555\faPhone\\
    555\faPhone\\
    \noindent\makebox[\linewidth]{\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}}
}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\newcommand{\mysection}[1]{
    \titleformat{\section}{
        \bfseries
        \scshape
        \raggedright
        \uppercase
    }{}{0em}{\llap{\faFile\thinspace\thinspace}}
    \section{#1}
}

    \begin{document}
        \begin{minipage}[t]{0.65\textwidth}
    \mysection{foo}
    \blindtext
\end{minipage}\hfill \begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}
    \mysection{bar}
    \blindtext
\end{minipage}
    \end{document}

to get something like:

since you are already using 95% of your usable page size using mini-pages, you are not left with too much leverage IMO. My suggestion would rather be to tweak the spacing consumed by mini-page environment instead.

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