[OS X TeX] Beamer: Footnote

[Alain Schremmer]

On Dec 27, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Alan Munn wrote:

> On Dec 27, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 26, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Alan Munn wrote:
>>
>>> Full working minimal examples make help come faster. (Yes, even  
>>> than this reply.)
>>
>> Well, I am not very fast anymore. So that was plenty fast enough  
>> for me. However, next time, my minimal example will be "full  
>> working".
>>
>> (1)	Is this normal behavior for the footnote ruler? The reason I  
>> didn't respond earlier is that I wanted to tinker a bit. For  
>> instance, I tried both
>>
>> 	\footnotemark<.->[frame]{} \footnotetext{This is the footnote text}
>> and
>> 	\footnotemark{} \footnotetext<.->[frame]{This is the footnote text}
>>
>> both of which didn't understand <.->[frame] with or without % 
>> \renewcommand{\footnoterule}{}
>
> This is because beamer redefines \footnote (it must, to allow the  
> overlay and other options) but that's not the same as redefining  
> the internal parts of it.  Beamer does define \insertfootnotemark  
> and \insertfootnote text, but I don't think they have any options.

I will give them a try. Not for my presentation which is "good  
enough" as it is but because I am inherently curious.

I just started to read the userguide *from the beginning*!

Grateful regards
--schremmer