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Dear developers,
I think there is an aesthetic problem with the redefinition of
fnsymbol in fixltx2e, as exemplified with the use the manyfoot
package: say, with
\newcounter{footnoteS}
\newcommand{\footnoteS}{%
...
\renewcommand{\thefootnoteS}{\fnsymbol{footnoteS}}
you get, with fixltx2e active, \textsuperscript{\textasteriskcentered}
for the first footnote mark, which looks unpleasant; but with fixltx2e
commented out, you get \textsuperscript{$\ast$}, because then, as I
see it, latex.ltx definition is taken:
\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or * ...
instead of the one in fixltx2e:
\def\@fnsymbol#1{%
\ifcase#1\or \TextOrMath\textasteriskcentered * ...
Of course there is a quick and *very* dirty "solution" ---after
calling fixltx2e:
\makeatletter
\def\@fnsymbol#1{%
%% \ifcase#1\or \TextOrMath\textasteriskcentered *\or% original line
\ifcase#1\or $*$\or ...
With the other symbols there is no problem, of course, as
\textsuperscript{\textdagger} and \textsuperscript{$\dagger$} produce
the same result.
Thanks for your kind attention.
Axel
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