vaughan@emx.utexas.edu (Curt Vaughan) (02/28/91)
Is there a way to specify double-spaced footnotes in LaTex? Curt Vaughan, vaughan@emx.utexas.edu
xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (02/28/91)
In article <44827@ut-emx.uucp> vaughan@emx.utexas.edu (Curt Vaughan) writes:
* Is there a way to specify double-spaced footnotes in LaTex?
*
Yes, LaTeX footnote is separately controlled by baselineskip. By
default it is single spaced even it the text is double spaced.
The following command will do it for you.
\footnote{\baselineskip=2\normalbaselineskip
double spaced footnote}
--
xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnetwargaski@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Robert E. Wargaski Jr.) (02/28/91)
In article <44827@ut-emx.uucp>, vaughan@emx.utexas.edu (Curt Vaughan) writes: |> Is there a way to specify double-spaced footnotes in LaTex? |> |> Curt Vaughan, vaughan@emx.utexas.edu Double-spaced text is bad enough---double-spaced footnotes would be an abomination! Rob -- Robert E. Wargaski Jr. This is stupid. -- Vila wargaski@nwu.edu When did that ever stop us. -- Avon ACNS DSS, Northwestern University Moooo!
dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (02/28/91)
In article <62300@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) writes: > In article <44827@ut-emx.uucp> vaughan@emx.utexas.edu (Curt Vaughan) writes: > * Is there a way to specify double-spaced footnotes in LaTex? > Yes, LaTeX footnote is separately controlled by baselineskip. By > default it is single spaced even it the text is double spaced. > The following command will do it for you. > \footnote{\baselineskip=2\normalbaselineskip > double spaced footnote} Xiaofei, I thought we'd been through this before. What you specified will not work for the same reasons that the single-spaced footnotes in doublespaced text (for plain TeX) wouldn't work. In any event, remember that LaTeX users don't want to (or perhaps I should say _shouldn't_ want to) clutter up their manuscript with formatting commands. Curt, in what context do you want double-spaced footnotes? If it's a case of wanting to have the entire manuscript doublespaced (for editing purposes), then \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2} will do the trick for you. That's in the LaTeX book, although there isn't a useful reference to it anywhere. If you want _only_ footnotes doublespaced, then you need to redefine \footnotesize in a style option. Take a look at the definition of \footnotesize in art10.sty (or whatever the relevant document would be) and modify the argument to \@setsize which gives the \baselineskip (it should be the only argument with units on it) to get the desired baselineskip. -dh --- Don Hosek To retrieve files from ymir via the | dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu mailserver, send a message to | Quixote TeX Consulting mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu with a | 714-625-0147 line saying send [DIRECTORY]FILENAME where DIRECTORY is the FTP directory (sans "anonymous") and FILENAME is the filename, e.g. "send [tex]00readme.txt". There is a list of files in each directory under the name 00files.txt Binary files are not available by this technique.
xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (02/28/91)
In article <1991Feb27.190157.1@euler.claremont.edu> dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes: * In article <62300@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) writes: * > In article <44827@ut-emx.uucp> vaughan@emx.utexas.edu (Curt Vaughan) writes: * > * Is there a way to specify double-spaced footnotes in LaTex? * * > Yes, LaTeX footnote is separately controlled by baselineskip. By * > default it is single spaced even it the text is double spaced. * > The following command will do it for you. * * > \footnote{\baselineskip=2\normalbaselineskip * > double spaced footnote} * * Xiaofei, I thought we'd been through this before. What you * specified will not work for the same reasons that the * single-spaced footnotes in doublespaced text (for plain TeX) * wouldn't work. Yes, we have talked about this before. The above command will work in *LaTeX* [which is what the original poster was asking]. I just did a test before I posted. And also the same command will work for Plain TeX in the case of single spaced footnote, double spaced text as long as one add a ``\par'' at the end of footnote, i.e. In a double spaced text of Plain TeX[\multiply\baselineskip by 2] \footnote{\baselineskip=\normalbaselineskip single spaced footnote\par} ^^^^ will produce a single spaced footnote [credit to karl@cs.umb.edu for \par]. However the problem is the spacing *between two footnotes* is still double spaced and I don't have solution for this. [Some TeXperts have their own versions of footnote, so they don't need to worry about this. This, however, is for most part for understanding purpose rather than necessity. I could use for example, eplain to solve the problem.] If the solution works and if it is elegant are separate things. You said that I am using Word Imperfect and I have to think about it. -- xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet