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Stefan Wachter wrote:
Hi all!
The \note[xxx] command is used to reference a previously defined footnote. Is it possible that the previously defined footnote is repeated if a page break had occured between the \footnote[xxx]{bla bla bla} and the corresponding \note[xxx] command?
it's incredible what kin dof wishes users can come up with -) \def\myfootnote[#1]#2% let's guess that #2 is without catcode problems {\setxvalue{note:#1}{\footnote{#2}}\footnote[note:a:#1]{#2}} \def\mynote[#1]% {\removeunwantedspaces \pagereference[note:b:#1]% \doifreferencefoundelse{note:a:#1} {\edef\NotePageA{\number\currentrealreference}% \doifreferencefoundelse{note:b:#1} {\edef\NotePageB{\number\currentrealreference}% \ifnum\NotePageA<\NotePageB\relax \getvalue{note:#1}% \else \note[note:a:#1]% \fi} {\note[note:a:#1]}} {\note[note:a:#1]}} \starttext test \myfootnote[funny]{first occurence} test\mynote[funny] test \myfootnote[again]{first occurence} \page test \mynote[again] \stoptext hardly tested Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------