Hi Andrea,
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:22:09 -0700, Andrea Valle
Hi to all,
the only thing I don't like in -TeX packages approach while writing is that I have to attach the footnotes to their indices. ConTeXt is so clever. Isn't there a way to store the footnotes in another place of the file (or in another file, that's the same) and referring to the in the text. When I have many footnotes in the source I get crazy to follow the body text.
I mean, with an exemplum fictum
This is my footnote\fn{myfn}, even if it's just my imagination
so that there's a way to a have
myfn = just a note
Maybe with buffers? I'm an ignorant on the matter
Hmm, this is interesting. Basically this would involve something like the bibliography module {tag + database}. Could be useful for organizing things like critical-edition apparati. OTOH for large projects this could get a bit unwieldy and unmanageable. Better in my view is to use an editor that supports folding, use a \start-stopfootnote macro, and fold them out of site when not needed (I have this in the Notepad++ setup). Another idea is a lua script that texexec could use to label and/or move all the notes to a separate database for analyses or other processing. It all needs thought... Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/