[XeTeX] Customizing footnote markers

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Wed, 25 May 2011 21:03:28 +0200 schrieb Alessandro Ceschini:

>> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
>> \usepackage{polyglossia,lipsum}
>> \setmainlanguage{french}
>> \setotherlanguage{greek}
>> 
>> \makeatletter
>> \renewcommand\@makefntext[1]{%
>>  \noindent\@thefnmark.~#1}
>> \makeatother
>> \begin{document}
>> abc\footnote{\lipsum[1]}
>> \end{document}
> 
> This works fine, except that it completely does away with the original
> indentation of footnotes, which I wish to conserve. Actually I'm under
> the impression that French footnotes do require even more indentation
> than normal ones.

As I wrote:  "look in frenchb.ldf to find the french settings." The
definition of \@makefntext above is a simple example. Adjust it to
your need.

-- 
Ulrike Fischer