[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
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> \lotsoftext
>
> \end{document}
>
>
>
> --
> ------------------------
> tomfool at as220 dot org
> http://sgouros.com
> http://whatcheer.net
>
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