Re: Footnotes

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

Hi Ulrich,

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Ulrich Dirr wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt:
> 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. I
> don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics.
>
> I have some problems figuring out what kind of parameters I can use to setup
> footnotes in a multicolumn layout (is it better to use column sets and
> define areas?).
>
> When I'm using location=lastcolumn then footnotes get placed in the last
> column *inside* the text column while when using firstcolumn as an option
> they will be placed below the first column but outside the text column at
> the end of the page. And both columns don't get balanced.
>
> How can I get two text columns balanced and footnotes place on the last
> column at the end of the page?

Don't know. AFAIU, (simple) columns do not support this feature. For this 
to be supported, \stopcolumns will also need to end the currentpage. What 
should be the indented output for

\startcolumns
Some short text with footnotes
\stopcolumns

Continue with text that is in single column format.

I do not know whether this is possible with columnsets.

> How can I get footnote numbers aligned with the left margin of the
> text/column block (margindistance=0em doesn't help)? Footnotes should run as
> a 'normal' paragraph (no hanging).

Add

\setupfootnotedefinition[location=normal,distance=0.5em]

> I'm also quiet lost what options I can set with \setupfootnotes, because
> they are not explained in the manual (ma-cb-en-print.pdf, p. 46;
> cont-eni.pdf, p. 101) ...

Yes, at places the documentation is lagging behind. I can write about 
footnotes in the TUGBoat column about ConTeXt.

When the manual is inadequate, I look at the sources. Once you figure out 
how to scan them for information, they are easy to understand. In this 
case, core-not.tex says that the options of \setupfootnotes are

      [\c!location=\v!page,
       \c!way=\v!by\v!part,
       \c!sectionnumber=\v!no,
       \c!conversion=,
       \c!rule=\v!on,
       \c!before=\blank,
       \c!bodyfont=\v!small,
       \c!style=,
       \c!color=,
       \c!after=,
       \c!rulecolor=,
       \c!rulethickness=\linewidth,
       \c!frame=\v!off,
       \c!margindistance=.5em,
       \c!columndistance=1em,
       \c!distance=.125em,
       \c!align=\v!normal,
       \c!tolerance=\v!tolerant,
       \c!split=\v!tolerant,
      %\c!width=\makeupwidth,
      %\c!width=\ifdim\hsize<\makeupwidth\hsize\else\makeupwidth\fi,
       \c!width=\defaultnotewidth,
       \c!height=\textheight,
       \c!numbercommand=\high,
       \c!command=\noteparameter\c!numbercommand, % downward compatible
       \c!separator=\@@koseparator,
       \c!textcommand=\high,
       \c!textstyle=\tx,
       \c!textcolor=,
       \c!interaction=\v!yes,
       \c!factor=,
       \c!scope=, % \v!text \v!page
       \c!n=1]%


Aditya
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