Re: Footnotes

["Ulrich Dirr" <ud@mucschach.de>]

Hi Aditya,

thank you for your help!

On 2008-07-20 Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Ulrich Dirr wrote:
>> I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt:
>> 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project.
>> I don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics.
>> 
>> I have some problems figuring out what kind of parameters I can use
>> to setup footnotes in a multicolumn layout (is it better to use
>> column sets and define areas?).
>> 
>> When I'm using location=lastcolumn then footnotes get placed in the
>> last column *inside* the text column while when using firstcolumn as
>> an option they will be placed below the first column but outside the
>> text column at the end of the page. And both columns don't get balanced.
>> 
>> How can I get two text columns balanced and footnotes place on the
>> last column at the end of the page?
[...] 
> I do not know whether this is possible with columnsets.

I will test this with columnsets.
 
>> How can I get footnote numbers aligned with the left margin of the
>> text/column block (margindistance=0em doesn't help)? Footnotes
>> should run as a 'normal' paragraph (no hanging).
> 
> Add
> 
> \setupfootnotedefinition[location=normal,distance=0.5em]

Ah, interesting. I didn't find this option for location in the docs.

>> I'm also quiet lost what options I can set with \setupfootnotes,
>> because they are not explained in the manual (ma-cb-en-print.pdf, p.
>> 46; cont-eni.pdf, p. 101) ...
> 
> Yes, at places the documentation is lagging behind. I can write about
> footnotes in the TUGBoat column about ConTeXt.
> 
> When the manual is inadequate, I look at the sources. Once you figure
> out how to scan them for information, they are easy to understand. In
> this case, core-not.tex says that the options of \setupfootnotes are
> 
>       [\c!location=\v!page,
>        \c!way=\v!by\v!part,
>        \c!sectionnumber=\v!no,
>        \c!conversion=,
>        \c!rule=\v!on,
>        \c!before=\blank,
>        \c!bodyfont=\v!small,
>        \c!style=,
>        \c!color=,
>        \c!after=,
>        \c!rulecolor=,
>        \c!rulethickness=\linewidth,
>        \c!frame=\v!off,
>        \c!margindistance=.5em,
>        \c!columndistance=1em,
>        \c!distance=.125em,
>        \c!align=\v!normal,
>        \c!tolerance=\v!tolerant,
>        \c!split=\v!tolerant,
>       %\c!width=\makeupwidth,
>       %\c!width=\ifdim\hsize<\makeupwidth\hsize\else\makeupwidth\fi,
>        \c!width=\defaultnotewidth, \c!height=\textheight,
>        \c!numbercommand=\high,
>        \c!command=\noteparameter\c!numbercommand, % downward compatible
>        \c!separator=\@@koseparator, \c!textcommand=\high,
>        \c!textstyle=\tx, \c!textcolor=, \c!interaction=\v!yes,
>        \c!factor=, \c!scope=, % \v!text \v!page \c!n=1]%
> 
> 
> Aditya

O.k. I could look in the source too, but where did you read
'location=normal'? Also I don't know what other option are allowed, e.g., in
\numbercommand or \split. Only the default values are here as I understand.

Anyway. How can I get that footnotes just flows as a standard paragraph (no
hanging indentation)?

Best regards,
Ulrich



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