On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 10:45:18PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, William Park wrote:
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> > On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 07:38:25PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I am having trouble to use footnote in a paragraph mode.
> > >
> > > This is what I have done.
> > >
> > >
> > > \paragraph { hello world\footnotemark }
> > > \footnotetext{hello world}
> > >
> > > what did I do wrong??
> >
> > There must be a reason for not writing it as
> > hello world\footnote{hello world}
> > isn't there?
> >
> Well, that is what I read from the book. It says if you want to
> use footnote within {...}, then you will have to use \footnotetext
> & \footnotetext to overcome this problem.
Usually, \footnote is designed to work in "paragraph" mode. So,
\paragraph{...} is not really necessary.
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, how do I break text into paragraphs without any white
> > > spaces at the beginning of each paragraph. I am using paragraph within
> > > section, but even if I use \noindent, it still put some white spaces at
> > > the beginning of each paragraph. This is what I did:
> > >
> > > \section{...}
> > >
> > > \paragraph\noindent { ... }
> >
> > '\parindent=0pt' would do it. Now, you won't be able to tell one
> > paragraph from another, unless you put extra vertical '\parskip'
> > between them. Again, why are you using \paragraph? I never ever use
> > it.
>
> Thanks. I will try that. I don't know why I am using it. I just
> want to break them into paragraphs, so what command should I use
> instead??
Paragraphs are delimited by one or more blank lines. A "blank" line is
composed of spaces, tabs, or no characters.
>
> I bought the book Latex Companion, I read a bit of it already, but
> I still don't have an idea, when should I use what command. I guess I
> must
> be learning in a wrong way.
I have the book, but it is difficult to digest for a beginner. I
recommend the original book by Leslie Lamport (2nd edition).
>
> Thanks again for the help! :)
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help in advance!
> > >
> > >
> > > Shao.
