Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ulrik!rolfl From: rolfl@hedda.uio.no (Rolf Lindgren) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Redesigning TeX (was: Why use TeX if ...) Message-ID: Date: 21 May 91 11:38:11 GMT References: <1991May9.204113.17636@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1991May10.065219.23433@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991May10.211802.4344@csrd.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News) Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: em@dce.ie's message of 14 May 91 21:00:33 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: hedda.uio.no I need a rather bizarre two-column layout that really proves why one sometimes can't get away from using (La)TeX. I need the ability to place the footnotes under the columns in which they appear, rather than spanned across the page. The documentation of the multicols environment indicates that this is possible to achieve, but it almost certainly requires rehacking some of the footnote macros. This is, as far as I know, impossible in any typesetter save TeX. Has anybody been able to do this? I hate to reinvent the wheel. Regarding the need for a new LaTeX, has anybody been considering making an object-orientet LaTeX? How about making characters types (LaTeX supports one type: the character, environments as classes, and giving LaTeX tha ability to add methods to environments? \addmethod{\baselinskip=10pt}{\footnotesize} with optional arguments to indicate when to apply the new method (after or before setting the actual text). ...Just a thought Rolf Lindgren | "The opinions expressed above are 616 Bjerke Studentheim | not necessarily those of anyone" N-0589 OSLO 5 | rolfl@hedda.uio.no