Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.A64421DC@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:41 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.A64421DC" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Ignore spaces before \footnote ? Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:46:04 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 666 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.A64421DC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have the impression that anyone (e.g., Humanities people) producing a serious work that involves lots of footnotes will probably lay their = .tex file out thus Text text text text text text.% \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text.} text text text text text text text text text text text text = text.% \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text.} Text text text text text text text% \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text.} text text text text text text text% so that they can have a reasonable chance of checking their main text (e.g., reading through complete sentences) and their footnotes without mixing the main text up with the footnotes. With LaTeX 2.09, the %s are necessary as shown, because "adding space = would have put an unwanted space between the text and the footnote marker" = (2.09 manual, page 19). However, it would presumably be possible to define \footnote in such a way that it ignored preceding spaces (this seems to = be what is done in AMSTeX, where "space before \footnotemark is always ignored" (The Joy ... , 2nd edn, page 161)). Can anyone think of a frequently occuring situation in which a space is sensible before a footnote marker? (I can't.) Would there be a consensus in favour of "spaces before \footnote being ignored" in LaTeX 3.0? I.e., in favour of LaTeX 3.0 treating Text text text text text text text \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text.} like LaTeX 2.09 treats Text text text text text text text% \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text.} ? David Rhead d.rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.A64421DC Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ignore spaces before \footnote ?

I have the impression that anyone (e.g., Humanities = people) producing a
serious work that involves lots of footnotes will = probably lay their .tex
file out thus
       Text text text = text text text.%
       = \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text
       footnote text = footnote text.}
       text text text = text text text text text text text text text text.%
       = \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text
       footnote text = footnote text.}
       Text text text = text text text text%
       = \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text
       footnote text = footnote text.}
       text text text = text text text text%
so that they can have a reasonable chance of checking = their main text
(e.g., reading through complete sentences) and their = footnotes without
mixing the main text up with the footnotes.

With LaTeX 2.09, the %s are necessary as shown, = because "adding space would
have put an unwanted space between the text and the = footnote marker" (2.09
manual, page 19).  However, it would presumably = be possible to define
\footnote in such a way that it ignored preceding = spaces (this seems to be
what is done in AMSTeX, where "space before = \footnotemark is always
ignored" (The Joy ...  , 2nd edn, page = 161)).

Can anyone think of a frequently occuring situation in = which a space is
sensible before a footnote marker?  (I = can't.)

Would there be a consensus in favour of "spaces = before \footnote being
ignored" in LaTeX 3.0?   I.e., in = favour of LaTeX 3.0 treating
       Text text text = text text text text
       = \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text
       footnote text = footnote text.}
like LaTeX 2.09 treats
       Text text text = text text text text%
       = \footnote{Footnote text footnote text footnote text footnote text
       footnote text = footnote text.}
?


David Rhead
d.rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme

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