footnotes in margin

footnotes in margin

[Alex Lubberts]

Hi,

Does anybody know if it is possible to place footnotes in the margin? If 
so, how?

TIA,
Alex Lubberts

Re: footnotes in margin

[John R. Culleton]

On Monday 20 March 2006 15:28, Alex Lubberts wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know if it is possible to place footnotes in the margin? If
> so, how?
>
> TIA,
> Alex Lubberts
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Do you mean a sidebar with a note in it? Some time ago I asked a
similar question and got various answers. For a partially
embedded sidebar Hans suggested something along this line:
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\setupoutput[pdftex]
\setupcolors[state=start]
\frenchspacing
\tolerance = 1000
\setuplayout[width=4in]
\setupfloat
   [intermezzo]
   [
   leftmargindistance=-.8in,
    rightmargindistance=-.8in,
    default={outer,high}]
\setupcaption[intermezzo][location=none]

\defineframedtext
   [myohmy]
   [width=6cm,bodyfont=small,
frame=off,
backgroundcorner=round, 
backgroundradius=6pt,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.8]
%\showframe
\setupmarginblocks[
	style=small,
	width=5cm,
        before=\startmyohmy,
        after={\relax,\stopmyohmy},
        align=middle,
         ]  
\long\def\sidebar#1{\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy #1 \relax\stopmyohmy}}

\starttext
\input ward
\placeintermezzo{}{\startmyohmy\input dawkins \relax\stopmyohmy}
\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \par}
\page[yes]
\input ward
\placeintermezzo{}{\input dawkins\relax}
\page[yes]
\input ward

FOO
\sidebar{%
\input dawkins

Additional text.
}
\dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \par}


\stoptext
-----------------------------------------------------
This delivers a longish sidebar, partially embedded in the text
block, with a gray screen background.
-- 
John Culleton
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