Further questions about linenotes

Further questions about linenotes

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Hi all,

further experiments with linenotes have brought up two further  
questions; one specific, one general. Here comes:

1. Is it possible to have linenumbering automatically reset its  
numbering to 1 at the top of every page? I have a dim recollection  
that something along these lines was asked on the list recently, but  
can't find anything in the archive.

2. General: I had to experiment quite a bit with the before= and  
after= keys of \setupnote to make them really do what I wanted.  
Here's what I found:

a. before=\blank[1cm] % texexec will fail with an error

b. before={\blank[1cm]} % does nothing

c. \def\myblank{\blank[1cm]
    before=\myblank % works

I guess it has something to do with TeX's expansion mechanism, but I  
found it confusing, and I think (hope?) that others will find it a  
bit confusing too. Is this intentional, can it be made easier for users?

All best

Thomas

Re: Further questions about linenotes

[Hans Hagen]

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> further experiments with linenotes have brought up two further  
> questions; one specific, one general. Here comes:
>
> 1. Is it possible to have linenumbering automatically reset its  
> numbering to 1 at the top of every page? I have a dim recollection  
> that something along these lines was asked on the list recently, but  
> can't find anything in the archive.
>   
way=bypage

should do that (hopefully)
> 2. General: I had to experiment quite a bit with the before= and  
> after= keys of \setupnote to make them really do what I wanted.  
> Here's what I found:
>
> a. before=\blank[1cm] % texexec will fail with an error
>
> b. before={\blank[1cm]} % does nothing
>
> c. \def\myblank{\blank[1cm]
>     before=\myblank % works
>
> I guess it has something to do with TeX's expansion mechanism, but I  
> found it confusing, and I think (hope?) that others will find it a  
> bit confusing too. Is this intentional, can it be made easier for users?
>   
dunno, i need a test file for that to see what happens / interferes

H

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