[texhax] Changing \skip\footins locally

Yannis Haralambous yannis.haralambous at telecom-bretagne.eu
Wed Feb 11 18:24:49 CET 2009


Thanks for your kind words. I tried it but it doesn't change anything.  
Maybe is this due to the fact I'm using the manyfoot package? Anyway,  
I continue fiddling around with \changefoot...

cheers

Yannis

Le 11 févr. 09 à 17:28, tom sgouros a écrit :

>
> Here's a try at a solution.  It appends a \changefoot command to the  
> end
> of the \output routine.  By redefining \changefoot, you can sneak
> changes into the page measurements, and have them reflected in the  
> pages
> you're outputting.
>
> Warning: this isn't what you'd call kosher, since messing with \output
> often has unexpected consequences, but in the context of trying to  
> muck
> around with the final copy of a particular book, you may find it  
> useful.
> Note that I think you'll need to change the \changefoot definition
> somewhere on the previous page to the one you're trying to fidget  
> with.
> But mess around with this, and I bet you'll see how to make it work  
> for
> you.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -tom
>
>
>
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \def\changefoot{\global\skip\footins=5\bigskipamount}
>
> \newtoks\newoutput%
> \global\newoutput\expandafter{\the\output}%
> \global\output{%
>  \expandafter\the\newoutput%
>  \changefoot}%
> \AtBeginDocument{\changefoot}
>
>
> \newcommand{\lotsoftext}{Now is the time for all good men to change
>  their documents to Unicode with the help of Yannis Haralambous's
>  excellent book. }
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext\footnote{I'm not sure}
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext\footnote{What do we have here?}
> \lotsoftext\def\changefoot{\global\skip\footins=10\bigskipamount}
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
>
> Hi there.
>
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext\footnote{Did it change?}
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
> \lotsoftext
>
> \end{document}
>
>
>
> -- 
> ------------------------
> tomfool at as220 dot org
> http://sgouros.com
> http://whatcheer.net
>

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