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UKTeX Digest    Friday,  9 Dec 1994    Volume 94 : Issue 46

Today's Topics:
                      re: Parskip into footnotes
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Date:    Sat, 03 Dec 1994 09:49:41 -0400
From:    Jerry Leichter <[email-masked]>
Subject: re: Parskip into footnotes

        Thomas Sippel writes:
        I am getting increasingly allergic to paragraph indents in text that
        is broken up with many display items, such as technical documentation.

        The parskip package gets rid of most of these, but footnotes still
        come a paragraph indent and no paragraph separation space - grrr

        Does anybody have a style file that addresses this ?

The parskip package is new to me.  However, assuming it does the trick for all
other cases of concern, it's easy to change the way paragraphing is done in
footnotes.  A footnote is typeset by the \@makefntext command.  This command
is defined by the style file; it will be called in an enviroment where
\@parboxrestore has been called, so among other things both \parskip and
\parindent have been reset to 0 pt.

Obligatory typesetting point:  The way paragraphs are marked is inherently
part of the definition of the style.  They are intentionally not settable
parameters of the standard styles.  Once you start changing them, you are
designing your own style.  Feel free, but be aware that you (a) will be
dealing with the *internals* of the style files; (b) are on your own as far
as typographical quality.

Warning aside, here's the definition of \@makefntext that appears in the
three standard LaTeX styles (article, book, and report):

        \long\def\@makefntext#1{\parindent 1em\noindent
            \hbox to 1.8em{\hss$^{\@thefnmark}$}#1}

If you simple change this to leave \parindent alone, and instead change
\parskip, you should get the effect you want.  The best way to do this
would be in a style file - just put exactly the editted text in your own
"fnparskip.sty" file, or add it to the end of the parskip.sty file you have
now.  For simple testing, you can also place this definition in your document
preamble.  In that case, put \makeatletter before it and \makeatother after.

                                                        -- Jerry

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Date:    Wed, 07 Dec 1994 09:33:00 +0000
From:    Jonathan Fine <[email-masked]>
Subject: Wanted: New members for UK TeX Users Group

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