footnote text formatting

footnote text formatting

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Dear gang,

Normally ConTeXt places the footnote number in the margin with the footnote 
text completely justified. How do I bring the footnote number just within the 
left margin (atmargin) and slightly indenting the first line (and only the 
first line) of the footnote? I have played with setupfootnotes to no avail, 
though I'm sure this must be trivial.

Thnx in advance
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: footnote text formatting

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Idris,

here's my hack for achieving this footnote format (which seems much  
more common in the humanities than the default provided by ConTeXt):

\def\NoteNumber#1{\hbox to 15pt{\hfill #1.}}

\setupfootnotes[rule=off,
                 distance=-3em,
         margindistance=-3em,
         numbercommand=\NoteNumber]

\def\MyFootnote#1{\footnote{\hskip4em #1}}

Best

Thomas

On Jun 10, 2005, at 5:56 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

> Dear gang,
>
> Normally ConTeXt places the footnote number in the margin with the  
> footnote
> text completely justified. How do I bring the footnote number just  
> within the
> left margin (atmargin) and slightly indenting the first line (and  
> only the
> first line) of the footnote? I have played with setupfootnotes to  
> no avail,
> though I'm sure this must be trivial.
>
> Thnx in advance
> Idris
>
> ============================
> Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
> Department of Philosophy
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523
>
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RE: footnote text formatting

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Hi Thomas,

Thnx so much for your help! After playing with your hack I found a simpler 
solution-)

\setupnote[endnote][location=none,margindistance=0em]
\def\MyEndnote#1{\endnote{\hskip1.2em #1}}

There should be ConTeXt options that do this sort of thing, along the line of 
\setupitemize, which has e.g., an [atmargin] key.

Thnx once again!!

Best
Idris

>===== Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> 
=====
>Idris,
>
>here's my hack for achieving this footnote format (which seems much
>more common in the humanities than the default provided by ConTeXt):
>
>\def\NoteNumber#1{\hbox to 15pt{\hfill #1.}}
>
>\setupfootnotes[rule=off,
>                 distance=-3em,
>         margindistance=-3em,
>         numbercommand=\NoteNumber]
>
>\def\MyFootnote#1{\footnote{\hskip4em #1}}

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

RE: footnote text formatting

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Hi Hans,

Looking back on this, is it possible to add a key like 
[notetextcommand=<command#1>] so that one can control things like indentation 
without resorting to redefining things?:

\setupnote[endnote][location=none,margindistance=0em,
notetextcommand=\hskip1.2em]

seems nice...

Best
Idris

>===== Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> 
=====
>Idris,
>
>here's my hack for achieving this footnote format (which seems much
>more common in the humanities than the default provided by ConTeXt):
>
>\def\NoteNumber#1{\hbox to 15pt{\hfill #1.}}
>
>\setupfootnotes[rule=off,
>                 distance=-3em,
>         margindistance=-3em,
>         numbercommand=\NoteNumber]
>
>\def\MyFootnote#1{\footnote{\hskip4em #1}}

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523