[XeTeX] Bidi, memoir and footnotes

[Arash Zeini]

On Thursday 10 February 2011, Vafa Khalighi wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Arash Zeini <arash.zeini at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am using Bidi v1.0.3 as part of a packaged TeXLive installation on a
> > Debian
> > unstable:
> > "XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) // kpathsea version
> > 5.0.0
> > // Copyright 2009 SIL International and Jonathan Kew."
> > 
> > I have a fairly complex master document to hold all the pieces of my
> > thesis together. I use the memoir document class with ledmac and several
> > layers of footnotes. Now, when I try to load the bidi package, I get the
> > following error
> > message:
> > 
> > "! No room for a new \count .
> > \ch at ck ...\else \errmessage {No room for a new #3}
> > 
> >                                                  \fi
> 
> That is a very old version of bidi but to answer your question: bidi
> redefines all footnote internals from standard latex. In the upcomming
> version of bidi, I have implemented extrafootnotefeatures option motivated
> by memoir and ledmac footnote features that allows you to typeset footnotes
> from 2 columns to 10 columns. Is this helpful?

Hi Vafa,

I am not sure when and why I would need more than three or four footnote 
columns but maybe it is a useful feature to have.

If you are reworking ledmac there are certain footnote features that we need. 
I will bring those up on the ledmac list.

Thanks,
Arash