[OS X TeX] showidx term in a footnote.

[Alain Schremmer]

This is brilliant.
(But why couldn't I think of it? This is an academic question, though, 
in that the answer is obvious.)

In fact, since I insert definitions with a macro that does 
\textbf{#SEL#}\index{#SEL#}, all I will have to do in these rare cases 
will be to cut \index{#SEL#}and paste it just after the end of \footnote{}.

Moreover, it seems to me that, in fact, the margin position is correct 
inasmuch as it places it where the footnote marker is. But even if it 
isn't, I surely won't warn anybody.

Thanks very much (It was bugging me no end as I thought that I ought to 
be able to do it.)

Regards
--schremmer

Josep M.Font wrote:

> El 02 oct 2004, a las 20:49, Alain Schremmer escribió:
>
>> I use showidx not just for me to check if and where a term has been 
>> defined but mostly because I find it helps students who, before they 
>> have assimilated a new term, need frequently to go back a few pages 
>> to where the term is explained/defined but are deterred by having to 
>> use the index.
>>
>> Occasionally, I need to define a term that is not crucial to the body 
>> and thus appears only in a footnote.
>>
>> But, while the term does appear in the index, showidx does not show 
>> it in the margin.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do about it?
>
>
> How about putting the \index command just outside the \footnote? I.e., 
> \footnote{Bla bla bla new_term bla bla}\index{new_term} ? this will 
> not affect the indexing, as the footnote text will appear on the same 
> page as the footnote number, and the new_term will appear in the 
> margin, on the same page, although not at the quite right place (but 
> you can perhaps warn the readers?).
>
> JMaF
>
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