footmisc.dtx v5.3

Date: December 11, 2003 9:59:58 PM CET

i have just installed a new version of footmisc.sty in ctan directory macros/latex/contrib/footmisc changes from the previous version are: - mending a bug about per-page footnote numbers in a gather environment - added \DefineFNsymbol* variant - some new predefined symbol sets - symbol* option uses symbol set lamport*-robust - "hang"ing footnotes may hang for more than one paragraph (misfeature correction) many of the changes were suggested by frank mittelbach, as part of his on-going attempts to produce something he actually liked documenting for the latex companion. it's been a long time since he asked for anything new, so i'm guessing it's time to submit this new version for the world's attention. Robin Fairbairns Package author, acting as a member of 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

Package	footmisc
Version	6.0f 2023-07-05
Copyright	1995–2011 Robin Fairbairns 2018–2023 Frank Mittelbach
Maintainer	Frank Mittelbach Robin Fairbairns (deceased)

footmisc.dtx v5.3

footmisc – A range of footnote options

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