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From: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Page Footers in LaTeX
Message-ID: <573@sas.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 88 22:51:20 GMT
Reply-To: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger)
Organization: SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC
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You can set up \@oddfoot, \@evenfoot (& \@evenhead, \@oddhead):

\makeatletter
\renewcommand \@oddfoot {\centerline{my own foot!}
\let \@evenfoot = \@oddfoot
\makeatother

Points:
1. Omit the \makeatletter / \makeatother if in a .sty file.
2. Don't do a \pagestyle after this, or you'll wipe out your handiwork.
3. \let creates an exact alias for a single token; it is a plain TeX
   command but is available in LaTeX.
4. {}s are not need around the command-name in \newcommand (though they
   are in \newenvironment); I omit them because I think it is more readable
   to do so.
5. I discovered this by using the \show command.
6. I agree that LaTeX should have better direct (ie, not diving into "TeX"
   or delving about in \show or the LaTeX source for this sort of thing . . .
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