Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.A6FD0B54@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:42 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.A6FD0B54" 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 Apparently-To: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Ignore spaces before \footnote ? Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:52:09 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Robin Fairbairns" Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 672 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.A6FD0B54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" In article <1992Apr17.132246.1651@lsl.co.uk>, Piotr Wlaz writes: > I think that usage of % at the end of the line is somewhat = inconvenient. After > the text will be reformatted, the percent sign may appear in the = middle of the > line making the rest invisible. That's a cogent argument. Another is that (sadly) many users of LaTeX aren't even as expert as the likes of me. I have enough trouble getting my users to put spaces after their full stops(periods) and commas* - many of them do use footnotes, but I've not even tried to sort out the `space before \footnote' syndrome. Life is just too short! Add my vote `for' -- Robin Fairbairns, Senior Consultant, postmaster and general dogsbody Laser-Scan Ltd., Science Park, Milton Rd., Cambridge CB4 4FY, UK Email: robin@lsl.co.uk --or-- rf@cl.cam.ac.uk * Try it some time. It looks _horrible_. I can't understand why they won't accept the value of what I'm saying! ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.A6FD0B54 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Ignore spaces before \footnote ?

To:           = "Rainer M. Schoepf" <Schoepf@SC.ZIB-BERLIN.DE>

In article <1992Apr17.132246.1651@lsl.co.uk>, = Piotr Wlaz
 <ARWF01%bitnet.PLUMCS11@edu.Yale.YCC.YaleVM> = writes:
> I think that usage of % at the end of the line = is somewhat inconvenient. After
> the text will be reformatted, the percent sign = may appear in the middle of the
> line making the rest invisible.

That's a cogent argument.

Another is that (sadly) many users of LaTeX aren't = even as expert as the
likes of me.  I have enough trouble getting my = users to put spaces after
their full stops(periods) and commas* - many of them = do use footnotes,
but I've not even tried to sort out the `space before = \footnote'
syndrome.  Life is just too short!

Add my vote `for'
--
Robin Fairbairns, Senior Consultant, postmaster and = general dogsbody
Laser-Scan Ltd., Science Park, Milton Rd., Cambridge = CB4 4FY, UK
Email: robin@lsl.co.uk  --or--  = rf@cl.cam.ac.uk

* Try it some time.  It looks _horrible_.  I = can't understand why they
  won't accept the value of what I'm = saying!

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