[texhax] \marginpars on left

[Donald Arseneau]

Michael Barr <barr at math.mcgill.ca> writes:

> I tried the technique that Donald Arsenau suggested, namely
> \makeatletter
> \@mparswitchfalse
> \makeatother
> \newcommand\xlabel[1]{\marginpar[#1]{}\label{#1}}

I also said:

> > \newcommand\xlabel[1]{\marginpar[#1]{}\label{#1}}
>
>And get rid of such horribly broken definitions.

But you retained it.


Just use \marginpar{#1}.

Why don't you just use showkeys or similar package?

If you really need to roll your own, it will probably need some
\@bsphack and \@esphack to prevent double spaces in the text.



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Donald Arseneau                          asnd at triumf.ca