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meho_r
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Memoir and spacing between footnotes

Post by meho_r »

Hi,

I recently started to learn how to use memoir class and I get working most of things but one is still problematic: by default, there is a space between footnotes in memoir (like an empty line between them). I looked at the manual and saw that that should be regulated by \footnotesep (although not mentioned explicitely, I'm just assuming). But, whatever I do with \footnotesep, I can't get rid of that space/empty line. Any ideas?

Testing code:

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\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
Test\footnote{\lipsum[1]}

Test\footnote{\lipsum[2]}
\end{document}
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localghost
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Memoir and spacing between footnotes

Post by localghost »

This is a very mysterious behaviour which I can comprehend. I suspect the lipsum package to cause it because my MWE doesn't reproduce that.

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\listfiles
\documentclass{memoir}

%\setlength{\footnotesep}{\baselineskip}

\begin{document}
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\footnote{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}

  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\footnote{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}
\end{document}
The blindtext package with similar features for generating text doesn't have this effect on the footnotes. I'm afraid that you will have to build a new MWE.


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Thorsten
meho_r
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Re: Memoir and spacing between footnotes

Post by meho_r »

Thanks a lot, Thorsten. I tried it again with your example and some real text and there is no spacing now. And, more importantly, \footnotesep now works as expected. I don't know why, but it is lipsum package that causes this behaviour.

Thanks again.

Best wishes,

Meho R.
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