* fighting with footnotes
@ 2004-07-15 14:07 ishamid
2004-07-16 10:35 ` Hans Hagen Outside
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From: ishamid @ 2004-07-15 14:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dear posse,
I am having trouble with footnotes. For an article, I want some footnotes to
be symbolized by \ast, \dag, etc, but without affecting the numbering of
regular footnotes. For example, the title of article may have a footnote
symbolized by \ast, but the first footnote in the main text should still be
symbolized by `1' (then `2', etc). I tried localfootnotes but I could not get
them placed in the footer at the bottom of the page. [location=page] did not
help.
Related question: can't I just specify a footnote outside the counting
mechanism with any symbol I want at any point in the text, without disturbing
the regular counted footnotes?
I'm also confused by the conversion key. page 93 of the documentation reads:
"With the variable conversion you set up the type of numbering. You may even
use your own character, for example an emdash (keyed in as ---Â)."
But if I do, e.g., conversion={---}, TeX complains of course. What am I
missing?
Related questions:
Where are the conversion keys set 2, set 3, etc. documented?
How can I reset the numbering if I make local changes? For example, I am using
regular default footnotes, then I switch to conversion=set 2, then I want to
reset to the default footnotes without losing my numbering. I thought that
[n=0] etc. might help but that key seems to affect the paragraph formatting of
the footnotes, not the numbering. I tried using \start-\stop but that does not
isolate the counting mechanism apparently.
Fighting TeX is really frustrating sometimes, and I'm sure the answers are
really simple...
Best
Idris
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* Re: fighting with footnotes
2004-07-15 14:07 fighting with footnotes ishamid
@ 2004-07-16 10:35 ` Hans Hagen Outside
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From: Hans Hagen Outside @ 2004-07-16 10:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
ishamid wrote:
>Dear posse,
>
>I am having trouble with footnotes. For an article, I want some footnotes to
>be symbolized by \ast, \dag, etc, but without affecting the numbering of
>regular footnotes. For example, the title of article may have a footnote
>symbolized by \ast, but the first footnote in the main text should still be
>symbolized by `1' (then `2', etc). I tried localfootnotes but I could not get
>them placed in the footer at the bottom of the page. [location=page] did not
>help.
>
>
>
\starttext
\unexpanded\def\myfootnote{\setupfootnotes[conversion=set 2]\footnote}
\chapter{test\myfootnote{test}}
test \footnote{test} test
\stoptext
since you're the footnote guy, collect such things on a todo list; later
i may consider adding support for cloned notes with different settings,
something:
\definenote[myfootnote][footnote]
\setupnote[myfootnote][conversion=set 2]
trivial to implement but i'm in a hurry now
>Related question: can't I just specify a footnote outside the counting
>mechanism with any symbol I want at any point in the text, without disturbing
>the regular counted footnotes?
>
>I'm also confused by the conversion key. page 93 of the documentation reads:
>
>"With the variable conversion you set up the type of numbering. You may even
>use your own character, for example an emdash (keyed in as ---Â)."
>
>But if I do, e.g., conversion={---}, TeX complains of course. What am I
>missing?
>
>Related questions:
>
>Where are the conversion keys set 2, set 3, etc. documented?
>
>
>
core-con.tex
it's a generic mechanism to map number on symbols or anything you want
(see metafun manual for example of mapping onto graphics)
>How can I reset the numbering if I make local changes? For example, I am using
>regular default footnotes, then I switch to conversion=set 2, then I want to
>reset to the default footnotes without losing my numbering. I thought that
>[n=0] etc. might help but that key seems to affect the paragraph formatting of
>the footnotes, not the numbering. I tried using \start-\stop but that does not
>isolate the counting mechanism apparently.
>
>
numbering is global (makes sense sinc you use footnotes local)
>Fighting TeX is really frustrating sometimes, and I'm sure the answers are
>really simple...
>
>
\let\incrementnumber\verhoognummer
\let\decrementnumber\verlaagnummer
\resetnumber[footnote]
\decrementnumber[footnote]
\incrementnumber[footnote]
remind me to internationalize those commands -)
\unexpanded\def\myfootnote#1%
{\setupfootnotes[conversion=set 2]\footnote{#1}\decrementnumber[footnote]}
\chapter{test\myfootnote{test}}
test \footnote{test} test
Hans
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