new version of footmisc installed
Date: August 28, 2002 3:02:30 PM CEST
i have just installed a new version (v5.0) of footmisc.dtx on ctan
this represents a substantial revision of the previous version.
1. new package options
1a: side - put notes into marginpars rather than at the foot of the
page; this option isn't terribly satisfactory, but it addresses at
least one user's requirements
1b: ragged - set notes ragged right in their box; also a parameter
\footnotelayout that determines how the notes are to be set
1c: hang - set footnote marker flush with the margin and hang-indent
the footnote text according to the value of \footnotemargin
2. new commands
2a: \setfnsymbol and \DefineFNsymbols - these commands permit control
of the way \fnsymbol-style footnote marks operate (i.e., they
allow you to define the sequence of symbols)
2b: \mpfootnotemark - like \footnotemark, but referring to minipage
footnotes if you're inside one
2c: \footref - make reference to a footnote label "as if a
\footnotemark" (this is a copy of a command in the memoir class,
at the suggestion of peter wilson)
3. improvements
3a: i've worked on the documentation somewhat. several things are
noticeably better, i think.
3b: the multiple option has been completely re-implemented using a
scheme that is compatible with alexander rozhenko's manyfoot
package -- i.e., his package and my package will each respect the
other's footnote marks when checking for multiple footnote
markers.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
footmisc – A range of footnote options
A collection of ways to change the typesetting of footnotes. The package
provides means of changing the layout of the footnotes themselves
(including setting them in
‘paragraphs’ — the para option), a way to
number footnotes per page (the perpage option), to make footnotes
disappear in a ‘moving’ argument (stable option) and to deal with
multiple references to footnotes from the same place (multiple
option). The package also has a range of techniques for
labelling footnotes with symbols rather than numbers.
Some of the functions of the package are overlap with the
functionality of other packages. The
para option is also provided by the
manyfoot and
bigfoot packages, though those are
both also portmanteau packages. (Don’t be seduced
by fnpara, whose
implementation is improved by the present package.) The
perpage option is also offered by
footnpag and by the rather more
general-purpose perpage
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