Command/setupnotation

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Summary

The command \setupnotation is used for the setting of footnotes, endnotes etc.

Settings

\setupnotation[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...] name
title yes no
number yes no
type note
numbercommand oneargument
titledistance dimension
titlestyle style command
titlecolor color
titlecommand oneargument
titleleft command
titleright command
left command
right command
symbol command
starter command
stopper command
coupling name
counter name
level number
text text
headcommand oneargument
before command
after command
inbetween command
alternative left right inmargin inleft inright margin leftmargin rightmargin innermargin outermargin serried hanging top command note name
align see \setupalign
headalign see \setupalign
indenting see \setupindenting
display yes no
indentnext yes no auto
width fit broad line dimension
distance none dimension
stretch number
shrink number
hang fit broad none margin number
closesymbol command
closecommand oneargument
expansion yes no xml
referenceprefix + - text
sample text
margin yes no standard dimension
style style command
color color
headstyle style command
headcolor color
aligntitle yes no
...=...,... inherits from \setupcounter

Option Explanation
name of the instance to configure, e.g. "footnote" or "endnote" (these two are predefined)
title
Should the note have a title?
number
Should the notes be numbered?
numbercommand
formatting of the note number in the list of notes, default: \high
titlestyle
if title=yes; style of the title
titlecolor
if title=yes; color of the title
titlecommand
if title=yes
titleleft
if title=yes; default = (
titleright
if title=yes; default = )
left
before the number
right
after the number
starter
before the number, after left; e.g. “(”
stopper
after the number, before right – usually punctuation e.g. “)”, default “.”
before
before the note entry
after
after the note entry
inbetween
(nowhere?)
alternative
layout, placement of the number
left numbers in text area, left of note text
right numbers in text area, right of note text
serried (notes as running text, but doesn’t work?)
hanging numbers in text area, left of note text
top number in extra line on top of note text
note default: numbers right aligned, left of text area
indenting
default = “never”
indentnext
indent following line?
yes default
width
width of the note list; default is fit = local width, set to \textwidth in columns or tables
distance
distance between number and text, default = .5em
closecommand
default = \wordright
expansion
no default
margin
space before note text
no default

Description

Use \setupnotes for the display of note markers in the text!

  • Default for way is bytext ( \setupcounter ); set to bypage or bychapter if you want to have footnote numbering restartet every page/chapter.

Examples

Notes

See also

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