[OS X TeX] footnote with asterisk

[Kentaro Nakatani]

Oh, that command slipped out of my mind.
But I am not using \title{} in this specific paper I'm working on
(because this paper is supposed be Camera-ready
and I don't feel like customizing \title{}, which seems to be a more
laborious task than directly inserting the title and the author name
in the body), so \thanks{} doesn't work anyway.
But thanks for reminding me.

-KenN


On 2002.11.24, at 11:03  PM, Fredrik Wallenberg wrote:

> What is wrong with using \thanks{} ?
>
> \title{Title of the Paper\thanks{I'm indebted to blah blah blah.}}
>
> Fredrik
>
> On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 06:13 PM, Herb Schulz wrote:
>
>> On 11/24/02 7:43 PM, "Kentaro Nakatani" <knakatan at fas.harvard.edu> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All:
>>>
>>> I'm sorry that this topic is not necessarily related to Mac OS X,
>>> but I have a question for which I can't find an answer.
>>> In a paper, it is common to have the first footnote containing
>>> acknowledgments marked with an asterisk...but how can
>>> I do it in LaTeX?  Lamport book says in using \footnote[num]{text},
>>> num should be a positive integer, 'even when footnotes are
>>> "numbered" with letters or other symbols'.  But I don't see
>>> how to number the footnotes with letters or symbols.
>>> My best guess is, this could be achieved by "\fnsymbol{footnote}"
>>> command...but it seems this command only produces symbols,
>>> rather than replacing the footnote counters.
>>>
>>> So when I tried a command like this:
>>> =============
>>> \LARGE
>>> \textbf{Title of the Paper \fnsymbol{footnote}\footnote{
>>> \fnsymbol{footnote}
>>> I'm indebted to blah blah blah.}}
>>> =============
>>> there were regular footnote counters AND asterisks at the same time.
>>> If I use \footnotetext instead of \footnote, there will still be an
>>> unwanted
>>> numerical counter remaining.
>>>
>>> Could anybody help me with this problem?
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> -Ken N.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> Mac TeX info, resources, and news can be found at:
>>> <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> List archives can be found at:
>>> <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/MacOSX-TeX-Digests/>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> See message headers for list info.
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Use: \renewcommand\thefootnote{\fnsymbol{footnote}} before the 
>> \maketitle,
>> or whatever you use to make the title.
>>
>> Then, use the same substituting \roman for \fnsymbol and also
>> \addtocounter{footnote}{-1} after the \maketitle to go back to roman
>> numerals and restart with footnote number 1.
>>
>> Hopefully I've got this correct.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Mac TeX info, resources, and news can be found at:
>> <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> List archives can be found at:
>> <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/MacOSX-TeX-Digests/>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> See message headers for list info.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Mac TeX info, resources, and news can be found at:
> <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> List archives can be found at:
> <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/MacOSX-TeX-Digests/>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> See message headers for list info.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>


-----------------------------------------------------
Mac TeX info, resources, and news can be found at:
<http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/>
-----------------------------------------------------
List archives can be found at:
<http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/MacOSX-TeX-Digests/>
-----------------------------------------------------
See message headers for list info.
-----------------------------------------------------