Re: Symbol Footnote Command

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 12/23/2019 2:21 PM, Aykut Aykutt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I can change the mark of the second footnote from "2" to asterix by 
> defining a conversion like so:
> 
>     %-- Working example, but it is not what I need --
>     \setupindenting[yes,small]
>     \defineconversion[mymix][1,\m{*},2]
>     \setupnotation[footnote][align={hz,hanging},indenting={yes,small,next},numberconversion=mymix]
> 
>     \startdocument
>     This is the first sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the
>     first footnote and its mark is "1".}
>     This is the second sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the
>     second footnote and its mark is "*". }
>     This is the third sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the
>     third footnote and its mark is "2". }
>     \stopdocument
> 
> Clearly this conversion repeats the marks "1", "*" and "2" repeatedly. 
> Is there a way to define a new/special footnote command (say, 
> "\symfootnote") which blends with normal footnotes, but prints footnotes 
> with symbol marks (say, Set 2) and not with numbers. In other words, is 
> it possible to achieve the same result as the working example above with 
> something like the (pseudo) example below?
> 
>     %--  Pseudo example --
> 
>     \setupindenting[yes,small]
>     \def\symfootenote ??????????
>     \setupnotation[symfootnote][align={hz,hanging},indenting={yes,small,next}]
>     \setupnotation[footnote][align={hz,hanging},indenting={yes,small,next}]
> 
>     \startdocument
>     This is the first sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the
>     first footnote and its mark is "1".}
>     This is the second sentence with a footnote.\symfootnote{This is the
>     second footnote and its mark is "*". }
>     This is the third sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the
>     third footnote and its mark is "2". }
>     \stopdocument
> 
> Thank you.
\setupindenting
   [yes,small]

\defineconversion
   [mymix]
   [a,b,c]

\definenotation
   [symfootnote]
   [footnote]
   [counter=]

\setupnotation
   [footnote]
   [align={hz,hanging},
    indenting={yes,small,next}]

\setupnotation
   [symfootnote]
   [align={hz,hanging},
    indenting={yes,small,next},
    numberconversion=mymix]

\startdocument
     This is the first sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the 
first footnote and its mark is "1".}
     This is the second sentence with a footnote.\symfootnote{This is 
the second footnote and its mark is "a". }
     This is the third sentence with a footnote.\footnote{This is the 
third footnote and its mark is "2". }
     This is the second sentence with a footnote.\symfootnote{This is 
the fourth footnote and its mark is "b". }
\stopdocument


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