Use longtable for long tables

_templates/longtable.tex_t

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+\begin{savenotes}\sphinxatlongtablestart\begin{longtable}
+<%- if table.align in ('center', 'default') -%>
+  [c]
+<%- elif table.align == 'left' -%>
+  [l]
+<%- elif table.align == 'right' -%>
+  [r]
+<%- endif -%>
+<%= table.get_colspec() %>
+<%- if table.caption -%>
+\sphinxthelongtablecaptionisattop
+\caption{<%= ''.join(table.caption) %>\strut}<%= labels %>\\*[\sphinxlongtablecapskipadjust]
+\hline
+<% elif labels -%>
+\hline\noalign{\phantomsection<%= labels %>}%
+<% else -%>
+\hline
+<% endif -%>
+<%= ''.join(table.header) %>
+\endfirsthead
+
+\multicolumn{<%= table.colcount %>}{c}%
+{\makebox[0pt]{\sphinxtablecontinued{<%= _('continued from previous page') %>}}}\\
+\hline
+<%= ''.join(table.header) %>
+\endhead
+
+\hline
+\multicolumn{<%= table.colcount %>}{r}{\makebox[0pt][r]{\sphinxtablecontinued{<%= _('continues on next page') %>}}}\\
+\endfoot
+
+\endlastfoot
+<%= ''.join(table.body) %>
+\end{longtable}\sphinxatlongtableend\end{savenotes}

preamble.tex.txt

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 \def\sphinxcrossref#1{#1} % no italicised references
 \def\sphinxstyleindexentry#1{#1} % no monospaced index entries
 \def\sphinxstyleindexextra#1{ (#1)} % no italics
+\def\sphinxtablecontinued#1{{\sffamily\footnotesize #1}} % add footnotesize
 
 % Allow line breaks in URLs
 \usepackage{seqsplit}
@@ -82,7 +83,11 @@
 
 % Fix list spacing in tables
 \usepackage{enumitem}
-\def\sphinxattablestart{\par\vskip\dimexpr\sphinxtablepre\relax\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=2.5ex,before=\vspace*{-1.3em},after=\vspace*{-1.3em}}}
+\def\table@fixitemize{\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=2.5ex,before=\vspace*{-1.7em},after=\vspace*{-1.3em}}}
+\let\orig@sphinxattablestart\sphinxattablestart
+\def\sphinxattablestart{\orig@sphinxattablestart\table@fixitemize}
+\let\orig@sphinxatlongtablestart\sphinxatlongtablestart
+\def\sphinxatlongtablestart{\orig@sphinxatlongtablestart\table@fixitemize}
 
 % Override Sphinx title page
 \usepackage[iso]{isodate}

transacting-business.rst

@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ Customarily, a motion may be amended to:\ [#fn19]_
 
 .. tabularcolumns:: |>{\raggedright}m{0.3\dimexpr\linewidth-4\tabcolsep-3\arrayrulewidth\relax}|p{0.7\dimexpr\linewidth-4\tabcolsep-3\arrayrulewidth\relax}|
 
+.. table::
+	:class: longtable
+	
 	+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
 	| Action                                   | Example motions                                                     |
 	+==========================================+=====================================================================+