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3 % $Id: footnote.dtx,v 1.1 2002/02/03 20:49:03 mdw Exp $
4 %
5 % Save footnotes around boxing environments and things
6 %
7 % (c) 1996 Mark Wooding
8 %
9 %----- Revision history -----------------------------------------------------
10 %
11 % $Log: footnote.dtx,v $
12 % Revision 1.1 2002/02/03 20:49:03 mdw
13 % Checkin for new build system.
14 %
15 % Revision 1.13 1997/01/28 19:45:16 mdw
16 % Fixed stupid bug in AMS environment handling which stops the thing from
17 % working properly if you haven't included amsmath. Doh.
18 %
19 % Revision 1.12 1997/01/18 00:45:37 mdw
20 % Fix problems with duplicated footnotes in broken AMS environments which
21 % typeset things multiple times. This is a nasty kludge.
22 %
23 % Revision 1.11 1996/11/19 20:50:05 mdw
24 % Entered into RCS
25 %
26 %
27 % \end{meta-comment}
28 %
29 % \begin{meta-comment} <general public licence>
30 %%
31 %% footnote package -- Save footnotes around boxing environments
32 %% Copyright (c) 1996 Mark Wooding
33 %<*package>
34 %%
35 %% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
36 %% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
37 %% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
38 %% (at your option) any later version.
39 %%
40 %% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
41 %% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
42 %% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
43 %% GNU General Public License for more details.
44 %%
45 %% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
46 %% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
47 %% Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
48 %</package>
49 %%
50 % \end{meta-comment}
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52 % \begin{meta-comment} <Package preamble>
53 %<+package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
54 %<+package>\ProvidesPackage{footnote}
55 %<+package> [1997/01/28 1.13 Save footnotes around boxes]
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59 %\iffalse
60 %<*package>
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84 %<*driver>
85 \input{mdwtools}
86 \describespackage{footnote}
87 \mdwdoc
88 %</driver>
89 %
90 % \end{meta-comment}
91 %
92 % \section{User guide}
93 %
94 % This package provides some commands for handling footnotes slightly
95 % better than \LaTeX\ usually does; there are several commands and
96 % environments (notably |\parbox|, \env{minipage} and \env{tabular}
97 % \begin{footnote}
98 % The \package{mdwtab} package, provided in this distribution, handles
99 % footnotes correctly anyway; it uses an internal version of this package
100 % to do so.
101 % \end{footnote})
102 % which `trap' footnotes so that they can't escape and appear at the bottom
103 % of the page.
104 %
105 % \DescribeEnv{savenotes}
106 % The \env{savenotes} environment saves up any footnotes encountered within
107 % it, and performs them all at the end.
108 %
109 % \DescribeMacro{\savenotes}
110 % \DescribeMacro{\spewnotes}
111 % If you're defining a command or environment, you can use the |\savenotes|
112 % command to start saving up footnotes, and the |\spewnotes| command to
113 % execute them all at the end. Note that |\savenotes| and |\spewnotes|
114 % enclose a group, so watch out. You can safely nest the commands and
115 % environments -- they work out if they're already working and behave
116 % appropriately.
117 %
118 % \DescribeEnv{minipage*}
119 % To help things along a bit, the package provides a $*$-version of the
120 % \env{minipage} environment, which doesn't trap footnotes for itself (and
121 % in fact sends any footnotes it contains to the bottom of the page, where
122 % they belong).
123 %
124 % \DescribeMacro{\makesavenoteenv}
125 % The new \env{minipage$*$} environment was created with a magic command
126 % called |\makesavenoteenv|. It has a fairly simple syntax:
127 %
128 % \begin{grammar}
129 % <make-save-note-env-cmd> ::= \[[
130 % "\\makesavenoteenv"
131 % \begin{stack} \\ "[" <new-env-name> "]" \end{stack}
132 % "{" <env-name> "}"
133 % \]]
134 % \end{grammar}
135 %
136 % Without the optional argument, it redefines the named environment so that
137 % it handles footnotes correctly. With the optional argument, it makes
138 % the new environment named by \<new-env-name> into a footnote-friendly
139 % version of the \<env-name> environment.
140 %
141 % \DescribeMacro{\parbox}
142 % The package also redefines the |\parbox| command so that it works properly
143 % with footnotes.
144 %
145 % \DescribeEnv{footnote}
146 % The other problem which people tend to experience with footnotes is that
147 % you can't put verbatim text (with the |\verb| comamnd or the \env{verbatim}
148 % environment) into the |\footnote| command's argument. This package
149 % provides a \env{footnote} \emph{environment}, which \emph{does} allow
150 % verbatim things. You use the environment just like you do the command.
151 % It's really easy. It even has an optional argument, which works the same
152 % way.
153 %
154 % \DescribeEnv{footnotetext}
155 % To go with the \env{footnote} environment, there's a \env{footnotetext}
156 % environment, which just puts the text in the bottom of the page, like
157 % |\footnotetext| does.
158 %
159 % There's a snag with these environments, though. Some other nonstandard
160 % environments, like \env{tabularx}, try to handle footnotes their own
161 % way, because they won't work otherwise. The way they do this is not
162 % compatible with the way that the \env{footnote} and \env{footnotetext}
163 % environments work, and you will get strange results if you try (there'll
164 % be odd vertical spacing, and the footnote text may well be incorrect).
165 % \begin{footnote}
166 % The solution to this problem is to send mail to David Carlisle persuading
167 % him to use this package to handle footnotes, rather than doing it his
168 % way.
169 % \end{footnote}
170 %
171 % \implementation
172 %
173 % \section{Implementation}
174 %
175 % Most implementations of footnote-saving (in particular, that used in
176 % the \package{tabularx} and \package{longtable} packages) use a token
177 % list register to store the footnote text, and then expand it when whatever
178 % was preventing footnotes (usually a vbox) stops. This is no good at all
179 % if the footnotes contain things which might not be there by the time the
180 % expansion occurs. For example, references to things in temporary boxes
181 % won't work.
182 %
183 % This implementation therefore stores the footnotes up in a box register.
184 % This must be just as valid as using tokens, because all I'm going to do
185 % at the end is unbox the box).
186 %
187 % \begin{macrocode}
188 %<*macro|package>
189 \ifx\fn@notes\@@undefined%
190 \newbox\fn@notes%
191 \fi
192 % \end{macrocode}
193 %
194 % I'll need a length to tell me how wide the footnotes should be at the
195 % moment.
196 %
197 % \begin{macrocode}
198 \newdimen\fn@width
199 % \end{macrocode}
200 %
201 % Of course, I can't set this up until I actually start saving footnotes.
202 % Until then I'll use |\columnwidth| (which works in \package{multicol}
203 % even though it doesn't have any right to).
204 %
205 % \begin{macrocode}
206 \let\fn@colwidth\columnwidth
207 % \end{macrocode}
208 %
209 % And now a switch to remember if we're already handling footnotes,
210 %
211 % \begin{macrocode}
212 \newif\if@savingnotes
213 % \end{macrocode}
214 %
215 %
216 % \subsection{Building footnote text}
217 %
218 % I need to emulate \LaTeX's footnote handling when I'm putting the notes
219 % into my box; this is also useful in the verbatim-in-footnotes stuff.
220 %
221 % \begin{macro}{\fn@startnote}
222 %
223 % Here's how a footnote gets started. Most of the code here is stolen
224 % from |\@footnotetext|.
225 %
226 % \begin{macrocode}
227 \def\fn@startnote{%
228 \hsize\fn@colwidth%
229 \interlinepenalty\interfootnotelinepenalty%
230 \reset@font\footnotesize%
231 \floatingpenalty\@MM% Is this right???
232 \@parboxrestore%
233 \protected@edef\@currentlabel{\csname p@\@mpfn\endcsname\@thefnmark}%
234 \color@begingroup%
235 }
236 % \end{macrocode}
237 %
238 % \end{macro}
239 %
240 % \begin{macro}{\fn@endnote}
241 %
242 % Footnotes are finished off by this macro. This is the easy bit.
243 %
244 % \begin{macrocode}
245 \let\fn@endnote\color@endgroup
246 % \end{macrocode}
247 %
248 % \end{macro}
249 %
250 %
251 % \subsection{Footnote saving}
252 %
253 % \begin{macro}{\fn@fntext}
254 %
255 % Now to define how to actually do footnotes. I'll just add the notes to
256 % the bottom of the footnote box I'm building.
257 %
258 % There's some hacking added here to handle the case that a footnote is
259 % in an |\intertext| command within a broken \package{amsmath} alignment
260 % environment -- otherwise the footnotes get duplicated due to the way that
261 % that package measures equations.
262 % \begin{footnote}
263 % The correct solution of course is to
264 % implement aligning environments in a sensible way, by building the table
265 % and leaving penalties describing the intended format, and then pick that
266 % apart in a postprocessing phase. If I get the time, I'll start working
267 % on this again. I have a design worked out and the beginnings of an
268 % implementation, but it's going to be a long time coming.
269 % \end{footnote}
270 %
271 % \begin{macrocode}
272 \def\fn@fntext#1{%
273 \ifx\ifmeasuring@\@@undefined%
274 \expandafter\@secondoftwo\else\expandafter\@iden%
275 \fi%
276 {\ifmeasuring@\expandafter\@gobble\else\expandafter\@iden\fi}%
277 {%
278 \global\setbox\fn@notes\vbox{%
279 \unvbox\fn@notes%
280 \fn@startnote%
281 \@makefntext{%
282 \rule\z@\footnotesep%
283 \ignorespaces%
284 #1%
285 \@finalstrut\strutbox%
286 }%
287 \fn@endnote%
288 }%
289 }%
290 }
291 % \end{macrocode}
292 %
293 % \end{macro}
294 %
295 % \begin{macro}{\savenotes}
296 %
297 % The |\savenotes| declaration starts saving footnotes, to be spewed at a
298 % later date. We'll also remember which counter we're meant to use, and
299 % redefine the footnotes used by minipages.
300 %
301 % The idea here is that we'll gather up footnotes within the environment,
302 % and output them in whatever format they were being typeset outside the
303 % environment.
304 %
305 % I'll take this a bit at a time. The start is easy: we need a group in
306 % which to keep our local definitions.
307 %
308 % \begin{macrocode}
309 \def\savenotes{%
310 \begingroup%
311 % \end{macrocode}
312 %
313 % Now, if I'm already saving footnotes away, I won't bother doing anything
314 % here. Otherwise I need to start hacking, and set the switch.
315 %
316 % \begin{macrocode}
317 \if@savingnotes\else%
318 \@savingnotestrue%
319 % \end{macrocode}
320 %
321 % I redefine the |\@footnotetext| command, which is responsible for adding
322 % a footnote to the appropriate insert. I'll redefine both the current
323 % version, and \env{minipage}'s specific version, in case there's a nested
324 % minipage.
325 %
326 % \begin{macrocode}
327 \let\@footnotetext\fn@fntext%
328 \let\@mpfootnotetext\fn@fntext%
329 % \end{macrocode}
330 %
331 % I'd better make sure my box is empty before I start, and I must set up
332 % the column width so that later changes (e.g., in \env{minipage}) don't
333 % upset things too much.
334 %
335 % \begin{macrocode}
336 \fn@width\columnwidth%
337 \let\fn@colwidth\fn@width%
338 \global\setbox\fn@notes\box\voidb@x%
339 % \end{macrocode}
340 %
341 % Now for some yuckiness. I want to ensure that \env{minipage} doesn't
342 % change how footnotes are handled once I've taken charge. I'll store the
343 % current values of |\thempfn| (which typesets a footnote marker) and
344 % |\@mpfn| (which contains the name of the current footnote counter).
345 %
346 % \begin{macrocode}
347 \let\fn@thempfn\thempfn%
348 \let\fn@mpfn\@mpfn%
349 % \end{macrocode}
350 %
351 % The \env{minipage} environment provides a hook, called |\@minipagerestore|.
352 % Initially it's set to |\relax|, which is unfortunately unexpandable, so if
353 % I want to add code to it, I must check this possibility. I'll make it
354 % |\@empty| (which expands to nothing) if it's still |\relax|. Then I'll
355 % add my code to the hook, to override |\thempfn| and |\@mpfn| set up by
356 % \env{minipage}.
357 %
358 % Note that I can't just force the |mpfootnote| counter to be equal to
359 % the |footnote| one, because \env{minipage} clears |\c@mpfootnote| to zero
360 % when it starts. This method will ensure that even so, the current counter
361 % works OK.
362 %
363 % \begin{macrocode}
364 \ifx\@minipagerestore\relax\let\@minipagerestore\@empty\fi%
365 \expandafter\def\expandafter\@minipagerestore\expandafter{%
366 \@minipagerestore%
367 \let\thempfn\fn@thempfn%
368 \let\@mpfn\fn@mpfn%
369 }%
370 \fi%
371 }
372 % \end{macrocode}
373 %
374 % \end{macro}
375 %
376 % \begin{macro}{\spewnotes}
377 %
378 % Now I can spew out the notes we saved. This is a bit messy, actually.
379 % Since the standard |\@footnotetext| implementation tries to insert funny
380 % struts and things, I must be a bit careful. I'll disable all this bits
381 % which start paragraphs prematurely.
382 %
383 % \begin{macrocode}
384 \def\spewnotes{%
385 \endgroup%
386 \if@savingnotes\else\ifvoid\fn@notes\else\begingroup%
387 \let\@makefntext\@empty%
388 \let\@finalstrut\@gobble%
389 \let\rule\@gobbletwo%
390 \@footnotetext{\unvbox\fn@notes}%
391 \endgroup\fi\fi%
392 }
393 % \end{macrocode}
394 %
395 % \end{macro}
396 %
397 % Now make an environment, for users.
398 %
399 % \begin{macrocode}
400 \let\endsavenotes\spewnotes
401 % \end{macrocode}
402 %
403 % That's all that needs to be in the shared code section.
404 %
405 % \begin{macrocode}
406 %</macro|package>
407 %<*package>
408 % \end{macrocode}
409 %
410 %
411 % \subsection{The \env{footnote} environment}
412 %
413 % Since |\footnote| is a command with an argument, things like \env{verbatim}
414 % are unwelcome in it. Every so often someone on |comp.text.tex| moans
415 % about it and I post a nasty hack to make it work. However, as a more
416 % permanent and `official' solution, here's an environment which does the
417 % job rather better. Lots of this is based on code from my latest attempt
418 % on the newsgroup.
419 %
420 % I'll work on this in a funny order, although I think it's easier to
421 % understand. First, I'll do some macros for reading the optional argument
422 % of footnote-related commands.
423 %
424 % \begin{macro}{\fn@getmark}
425 %
426 % Saying \syntax{"\\fn@getmark{"<default-code>"}{"<cont-code>"}"} will read
427 % an optional argument giving a value for the footnote counter; if the
428 % argument isn't there, the \<default-code> is executed, and it's expected
429 % to set up the appropriate counter to the current value. The footnote
430 % marker text is stored in the macro |\@thefnmark|, as is conventional for
431 % \LaTeX's footnote handling macros. Once this is done properly, the
432 % \<cont-code> is called to continue handling things.
433 %
434 % Since the handling of the optional argument plays with the footnote
435 % counter locally, I'll start a group right now to save some code. Then I'll
436 % decide what to do based on the presence of the argument.
437 %
438 % \begin{macrocode}
439 \def\fn@getmark#1#2{%
440 \begingroup%
441 \@ifnextchar[%
442 {\fn@getmark@i{#1}}%
443 {#1\fn@getmark@ii{#2}}%
444 }
445 % \end{macrocode}
446 %
447 % There's an optional argument, so I need to read it and assign it to the
448 % footnote counter.
449 %
450 % \begin{macrocode}
451 \def\fn@getmark@i#1[#2]{%
452 \csname c@\@mpfn\endcsname#2%
453 \fn@getmark@ii%
454 }
455 % \end{macrocode}
456 %
457 % Finally, set up the macro properly, and end the group.
458 %
459 % \begin{macrocode}
460 \def\fn@getmark@ii#1{%
461 \unrestored@protected@xdef\@thefnmark{\thempfn}%
462 \endgroup%
463 #1%
464 }
465 % \end{macrocode}
466 %
467 % \end{macro}
468 %
469 % From argument reading, I'll move on to footnote typesetting.
470 %
471 % \begin{macro}{\fn@startfntext}
472 %
473 % The |\fn@startfntext| macro sets everything up for building the footnote
474 % in a box register, ready for unboxing into the footnotes insert. The
475 % |\fn@prefntext| macro is a style hook I'll set up later.
476 %
477 % \begin{macrocode}
478 \def\fn@startfntext{%
479 \setbox\z@\vbox\bgroup%
480 \fn@startnote%
481 \fn@prefntext%
482 \rule\z@\footnotesep%
483 \ignorespaces%
484 }
485 % \end{macrocode}
486 %
487 % \end{macro}
488 %
489 % \begin{macro}{\fn@endfntext}
490 %
491 % Now I'll end the vbox, and add it to the footnote insertion. Again, I
492 % must be careful to prevent |\@footnotetext| from adding horizontal mode
493 % things in bad places.
494 %
495 % \begin{macrocode}
496 \def\fn@endfntext{%
497 \@finalstrut\strutbox%
498 \fn@postfntext%
499 \egroup%
500 \begingroup%
501 \let\@makefntext\@empty%
502 \let\@finalstrut\@gobble%
503 \let\rule\@gobbletwo%
504 \@footnotetext{\unvbox\z@}%
505 \endgroup%
506 }
507 % \end{macrocode}
508 %
509 % \end{macro}
510 %
511 % \begin{environment}{footnote}
512 %
513 % I can now start on the environment proper. First I'll look for an
514 % optional argument.
515 %
516 % \begin{listing}
517 %\def\footnote{%
518 % \end{listing}
519 %
520 % Oh. I've already come up against the first problem: that name's already
521 % used. I'd better save the original version.
522 %
523 % \begin{macrocode}
524 \let\fn@latex@@footnote\footnote
525 % \end{macrocode}
526 %
527 % The best way I can think of for seeing if I'm in an environment is to
528 % look at |\@currenvir|. I'll need something to compare with, then.
529 %
530 % \begin{macrocode}
531 \def\fn@footnote{footnote}
532 % \end{macrocode}
533 %
534 % Now to start properly. |;-)|
535 %
536 % \begin{macrocode}
537 \def\footnote{%
538 \ifx\@currenvir\fn@footnote%
539 \expandafter\@firstoftwo%
540 \else%
541 \expandafter\@secondoftwo%
542 \fi%
543 {\fn@getmark{\stepcounter\@mpfn}%
544 {\leavevmode\unskip\@footnotemark\fn@startfntext}}%
545 {\fn@latex@@footnote}%
546 }
547 % \end{macrocode}
548 %
549 % Ending the environment is simple.
550 %
551 % \begin{macrocode}
552 \let\endfootnote\fn@endfntext
553 % \end{macrocode}
554 %
555 % \end{environment}
556 %
557 % \begin{environment}{footnotetext}
558 %
559 % I'll do the same magic as before for |\footnotetext|.
560 %
561 % \begin{macrocode}
562 \def\fn@footnotetext{footnotetext}
563 \let\fn@latex@@footnotetext\footnotetext
564 \def\footnotetext{%
565 \ifx\@currenvir\fn@footnotetext%
566 \expandafter\@firstoftwo%
567 \else%
568 \expandafter\@secondoftwo%
569 \fi%
570 {\fn@getmark{}\fn@startfntext}%
571 {\fn@latex@@footnotetext}%
572 }
573 \let\endfootnotetext\endfootnote
574 % \end{macrocode}
575 %
576 % \end{environment}
577 %
578 % \begin{macro}{\fn@prefntext}
579 % \begin{macro}{\fn@postfntext}
580 %
581 % Now for one final problem. The style hook for footnotes is the command
582 % |\@makefntext|, which takes the footnote text as its argument. Clearly
583 % this is utterly unsuitable, so I need to split it into two bits, where
584 % the argument is. This is very tricky, and doesn't deserve to work,
585 % although it appears to be a good deal more effective than it has any right
586 % to be.
587 %
588 % \begin{macrocode}
589 \long\def\@tempa#1\@@#2\@@@{\def\fn@prefntext{#1}\def\fn@postfntext{#2}}
590 \expandafter\@tempa\@makefntext\@@\@@@
591 % \end{macrocode}
592 %
593 % \end{macro}
594 % \end{macro}
595 %
596 %
597 % \subsection{Hacking existing environments}
598 %
599 % Some existing \LaTeX\ environments ought to have footnote handling but
600 % don't. Now's our chance.
601 %
602 % \begin{macro}{\makesavenoteenv}
603 %
604 % The |\makesavenoteenv| command makes an environment save footnotes around
605 % itself.
606 %
607 % It would also be nice to make |\parbox| work with footnotes. I'll do this
608 % later.
609 %
610 % \begin{macrocode}
611 \def\makesavenoteenv{\@ifnextchar[\fn@msne@ii\fn@msne@i}
612 % \end{macrocode}
613 %
614 % We're meant to redefine the environment. We'll copy it (using |\let|) to
615 % a magic name, and then pass it on to stage~2.
616 %
617 % \begin{macrocode}
618 \def\fn@msne@i#1{%
619 \expandafter\let\csname msne$#1\expandafter\endcsname%
620 \csname #1\endcsname%
621 \expandafter\let\csname endmsne$#1\expandafter\endcsname%
622 \csname end#1\endcsname%
623 \fn@msne@ii[#1]{msne$#1}%
624 }
625 % \end{macrocode}
626 %
627 % Now we'll define the new environment. The start is really easy, since we
628 % just need to insert a |\savenotes|. The end is more complex, since we
629 % need to preserve the |\if@endpe| flag so that |\end| can pick it up. I
630 % reckon that proper hooks should be added to |\begin| and |\end| so that
631 % environments can define things to be done outside the main group as
632 % well as within it; still, we can't all have what we want, can we?
633 %
634 % \begin{macrocode}
635 \def\fn@msne@ii[#1]#2{%
636 \expandafter\edef\csname#1\endcsname{%
637 \noexpand\savenotes%
638 \expandafter\noexpand\csname#2\endcsname%
639 }%
640 \expandafter\edef\csname end#1\endcsname{%
641 \expandafter\noexpand\csname end#2\endcsname%
642 \noexpand\expandafter%
643 \noexpand\spewnotes%
644 \noexpand\if@endpe\noexpand\@endpetrue\noexpand\fi%
645 }%
646 }
647 % \end{macrocode}
648 %
649 % \end{macro}
650 %
651 % \begin{environment}{minipage*}
652 %
653 % Let's define a \env{minipage$*$} environment which handles footnotes
654 % nicely. Really easy:
655 %
656 % \begin{macrocode}
657 \makesavenoteenv[minipage*]{minipage}
658 % \end{macrocode}
659 %
660 % \end{environment}
661 %
662 % \begin{macro}{\parbox}
663 %
664 % Now to alter |\parbox| slightly, so that it handles footnotes properly.
665 % I'm going to do this fairly inefficiently, because I'm going to try and
666 % change it as little as possible.
667 %
668 % First, I'll save the old |\parbox| command. If I don't find a \lit{*},
669 % I'll just call this command.
670 %
671 % \begin{macrocode}
672 \let\fn@parbox\parbox
673 % \end{macrocode}
674 %
675 % This is the clever bit: I don't know how many optional arguments
676 % Mr~Mittelbach and his chums will add to |\parbox|, so I'll handle any
677 % number. I'll store them all up in my first argument and call myself
678 % every time I find a new one. If I run out of optional arguments,
679 % I'll call the original |\parbox| command, surrounding it with |\savenotes|
680 % and |\spewnotes|.
681 %
682 % \begin{macrocode}
683 \def\parbox{\@ifnextchar[{\fn@parbox@i{}}{\fn@parbox@ii{}}}
684 \def\fn@parbox@i#1[#2]{%
685 \@ifnextchar[{\fn@parbox@i{#1[#2]}}{\fn@parbox@ii{#1[#2]}}%
686 }
687 \long\def\fn@parbox@ii#1#2#3{\savenotes\fn@parbox#1{#2}{#3}\spewnotes}
688 % \end{macrocode}
689 %
690 % \end{macro}
691 %
692 % Done!
693 %
694 % \begin{macrocode}
695 %</package>
696 % \end{macrocode}
697 %
698 % \hfill Mark Wooding, \today
699 %
700 % \Finale
701 %
702 \endinput