> Hopefully there are no side effects but the idea is to have somewhat
> better (more robust and predictable) support for e.g. footnotes in 
> situations that are not natural to tex (like columns). The first 
> mechanism to benefit from that is page columns but all that is a
> stepwise process. I keep track of that in yet another lowlevel manual.
> These column things are on the agenda for next month and beyond.


Good news, thank you very much ! 
I'm fond of typesetting in columns (with footnotes and margin notes)


Garulfo