On Thu 18 Oct, Alex Gough wrote: > > Footnotes [1] are used by writers [2] to add further detail to their > prose [3] or to point to a source of reference [4].
The TeXbook, p 117: "Authors who are interested in good exposition should avoid footnotes whenever possible, since footnotes tend to be distracting[*]. [*] Yet Gibbon's <i>Decline and Fall</i> would not have been the same without footnotes." > Sometimes the use of > footnotes [5] can reach a ridiculous level [6]. As in the TeX Edmac macros for "critical editions" which permit five series of footnotes, all on the same page: '"EDMAC" provides five layers of notes in the belief that this will be adequate for the most demanding editions. But it is not hard to add further layers of notes to "EDMAC" should they be required.' Roger -- Roger Horne 11 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3QB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hrothgar.co.uk/
