Re: latex

[William Park <parkw@better.net>]

On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 10:45:18PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, William Park wrote:
> 
> > 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.