[tex-eplain] footnotes

[Adam Fenn]

On 18 May 2010, at 19:19, Jim Diamond wrote:

>> How can I use the command \footnotenumber=0  so that numbered 
>> footnotes
>> are automatically reset to 1 on each page? I tried putting into the
>> header but that didn't work.
> You already got an answer to that, although I wonder if it is robust
> to footnotes that are referred to on one page but which show up only
> on the following page.

I can't get it to work - perhaps I'm misunderstanding something.

\input eplain
\output={\footnotenumber=0\plainoutput}
\let\footnote = \numberedfootnote
\footnote{one}
\vfill\eject
\footnote{two}
\bye

>> Also has anyone got a hack they would like to share of how to put
>> footnotes into two columns at the foot of the page?
> Are you saying your main page text is one column, but you want the
> footnotes to be in two columns?

Yes.

Thanks,
Adam.