koen@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Koen Vincken) (10/25/90)
When I use a \footnote command in a text on page 1 (say), nothing goes wrong.
Now I add a large picture to the text (after the text with the footnote),
so that the picture doesn't fit on the same page as the page containing the
footnote. The picture moves to the page 2 (which is correct), but the
footnote appears no longer at the bottom of page 1, but is printed directly
after the last line of text on page 1. As a result, this page looks like a
very small page with an enormous empty field below.
This effect can be suppressed by calling a \clearpage after the last line
of text on page 1.
This is an example:
\documentstyle[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Test}
bla bla bla
bla bla bla\footnote{This is a footnote}.
bla bla bla
\clearpage
\setlength{\unitlength}{0.8cm}
\begin{picture}(17,19) % too large for this page, in any case
...
...[picture]
...
\end{picture}
\end{document}
The same thing holds for the `report'-style.
So in fact this is no problem anymore, but my question is:
"Why do I have to add the \clearpage command?
It seems to me that this should be the default for any document style,
unless defined otherwise in the preamble. The \flushbottom (n.b.: NOT
default here) is no real solution, since this will result in extra space
filling between ALL parts on page 1 (after the header, after the text, etc.).
I'm looking for a better solution that the \clearpage, because adding
additional text BEFORE the picture on page 1 might result in a skip to page
2 before the picture should be printed. The \clearpage might not be
necessary anymore, then.
Any suggestions, or am I missing something?
-- Koen Vincken (koen@cv.ruu.nl)