poemscol update

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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx
index 09877adbdae..90f00abd417 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 % \iffalse
 %<package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1997/12/01]
 %<package>\ProvidesPackage{poemscol}
-%<package>   [2005/10/05 v2.391 poemscol file] 
+%<package>   [2006/04/25 v2.49 poemscol file] 
 %
 %<*driver>
 \documentclass{ltxdoc}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 %</driver>
 % \fi
 %
-% \CheckSum{5214}
+% \CheckSum{5584}
 %
 % \CharacterTable
 %  {Upper-case    \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z
@@ -135,8 +135,42 @@
 % than marginpars.}
 % \changes{v2.39}{2005/9/07}{Left a DeclareOption hanging in version 
 % 2.38. Fixed that.}
-% \changes{v2.391}{2005/9/07}{Corrections to user's guide.}
-%
+% \changes{v2.391}{2005/10/06}{Corrections to user's guide.}
+% \changes{v2.392}{2005/10/13}{More corrections to user's guide.}
+% \changes{v2.394}{2005/12/10}{More corrections to user's guide.}
+% \changes{v2.4}{2006/02/25}{Commands to make new kinds of endnotes 
+% also make notes for line numbered prose sections and for prose 
+% sections with paragraph and sentence numbering.}
+% \changes{v2.41}{2006/03/02}{Fixed a bug in line numbers of new 
+% kinds of prose note.}
+% \changes{v2.42}{2006/03/04}{Fixed error in handling conditionals when 
+% setting prose numbered by sentence and paragraph.}
+% \changes{v2.43}{2006/03/06}{Notes in prose numbered by sentence 
+% and paragraph number can refer only to the sentence number even 
+% when paragraphs are also being counted.}
+% \changes{v2.44}{2006/03/07}{Fixed a bug which caused new kinds of
+% endnotes in prose sections to add unwanted white space to the
+% output.}
+% \changes{v2.45}{2006/04/08}{Use of sidepar in v2.38 introduced a 
+% problem, causing line numbers sometimes to drift up a point. 
+% Changed commands for putting verse line numbers, but not paragraph and 
+% sentence numbers, to use marginpars again.}
+% \changes{v2.46}{2006/04/10}{Changed definition of sidepar so that 
+% it uses struts to find the depth of the line, restored line number 
+% commands to use sidepar and its variants.}
+% \changes{v2.47}{2006/04/12}{Changed name of sidepar to 
+% pcmclsidepar to avoid conflicts with the sidepar command from the 
+% memoir class, since they are no longer exactly the same. Added 
+% commands to put a marginal reference to the notes section in the 
+% margins of poem titles.}
+% \changes{v2.48}{2006/04/13}{Added more general form of the 
+% commands to put a marginal reference to the notes section in the 
+% margins of poem titles.}
+% \changes{v2.49}{2006/04/25}{Changed marginal reference command to 
+% use marginpar rather than pmclsidepar (alas, it still adds vertical 
+% white space after the title with pmclsidepar). Added marginal 
+% reference commands for sequences and sequence sections. Fixed 
+% errors in manual. }
 % \GetFileInfo{poemscol.sty}
 % 
 % \DoNotIndex{\newcommand,\newenvironment,\def,\edef,\else,\renewcommand,\makeatletter,\makeatother}
@@ -172,13 +206,13 @@
 % \textsc, \unskip}
 % \setcounter{IndexColumns}{2}
 % \MakeShortVerb{|}
-% \def\fileversion{2.391}
-% \def\filedate{5 October 2005}
-% \def\docdate{5 October 2005}
+% \def\fileversion{2.49}
+% \def\filedate{9 May 2006}
+% \def\docdate{9 May 2006}
 % \title{Typesetting Poetry Collections with \textsf{poemscol}\thanks{This document
 %   corresponds to \textsf{poemscol}~\fileversion, dated \filedate.}}
 % \author{John Burt \\ \texttt{burt@brandeis.edu}}
-% \date{October 5, 2005}
+% \date{May 9, 2006}
 % \maketitle
 % \begin{abstract}
 %  \textsf{poemscol} provides macros for \LaTeX\ for setting 
@@ -294,13 +328,17 @@
 % \section{Dependencies and compatibility with other packages}
 %
 % \textsf{poemscol} depends upon several other packages, which you
-% should be sure you have in your preamble and search path:
+% should be sure you have in your preamble and search path: 
 % \textsf{fancyhdr} for managing the running headers, \textsf{makeidx}
 % and \textsf{multicol} for managing the index, \textsf{geometry}, and
-% \textsf{ifthen} and \textsf{keyval} to simplify page geometry.
-% You should make sure that \textsf{poemscol} is the very last
-% package you load in your preamble, or at least is loaded after those
-% packages upon which it depends. 
+% \textsf{ifthen} and \textsf{keyval} to simplify page geometry.  If
+% you are using the |\JHpoemtitle| alternate form of the |\poemtitle|
+% command, you need to add \textsf{mparhack} to your package list, to
+% make sure that the marginal references |\JHpoemtitle| adds appear on
+% the correct side of the page.  You should make sure that
+% \textsf{poemscol} is the very last package you load in your
+% preamble, or at least is loaded after those packages upon which it
+% depends.
 % 
 %
 % \subsection{~Prose sections}
@@ -352,9 +390,17 @@
 % |\makeverselinenumbers|.  Because the counter ``linenumber'' has
 % been changed to ``verselinenumber,'' you must use
 % |\global\verselinenumbersfalse| to turn off line numbering, rather
-% than |\global\linenumbersfalse| as before.  You will probably need
-% to change only one line to make files from prior versions of
-% \textsf{poemscol} run.
+% than |\global\linenumbersfalse| as before.  
+% 
+% Up to version 2.44 \textsf{poemscol} borrowed the code for
+% |\sidepar| non-floating marginal paragraphs from the memoir class, 
+% and also made |\leftsidepar| and |\rightsidepar| commands on their 
+% model. Version 2.46 modified Peter Wilson's original code for 
+% |\sidepar|, so therefore I have changed the names of |\sidepar|, 
+% |\leftsidepar|, and |\rightsidepar| to |\pmclsidepar|, 
+% |\pmclleftsidepar| and |\pmclrightsidepar| respectively. If you 
+% used any of these commands in your files, you will need to change 
+% their names. 
 %
 % \subsection{~Incompatibility with \textsf{memoir} and \textsf{verse}}
 % Unfortunately, \textsf{poemscol} is not compatible with the
@@ -539,7 +585,6 @@
 % numbering off, issue |\global\verselinenumbersfalse|.  To turn it
 % back on, issue |\makeverselinenumbers|.
 %
-% 
 % \DescribeMacro{\verselinenumberstoright}
 % \DescribeMacro{\verselinenumberstoleft}
 % \DescribeMacro{\verselinenumbersswitch} 
@@ -549,14 +594,22 @@
 % |\verselinenumberstoleft| in your preamble.
 % |\verselinenumberstoright| puts the line numbers in the right
 % margin.  (These two commands use non-floating marginal note macros
-% derived from the \textsf{memoir} class, |\leftsidepar| and
-% |\rightsidepar|, respectively.)  If you wish them to appear in the
-% outer margins, issue |\verselinenumbersouter| in your preamble.  If
-% you want the line numbers to appear in the inner margins, issue
-% |\verselinenumbersgutter| in your preamble. (These two commands use 
-% |\sidepar|, from the \textsf{memoir} class.) You can adjust the
-% distance between the marginal line number and the text with
-% |\setlength{\marginparsep}{}|.
+% derived from the \textsf{memoir} class, |\pmclleftsidepar| and
+% |\pmclrightsidepar|, respectively.)  If you wish them to appear in
+% the outer margins, issue |\verselinenumbersouter| in your preamble.
+% If you want the line numbers to appear in the inner margins, issue
+% |\verselinenumbersgutter| in your preamble.  (These two commands use
+% |\pmclsidepar|, derived from |\sidepar| from the \textsf{memoir}
+% class, but modified by Dan Leucking.)  You can adjust the distance
+% between the marginal line number and the text with
+% |\setlength{\marginparsep}{}|.The default value for |\marginparsep| 
+% is 18pt, and the default value for the width of the box in which 
+% the line numbers are set, |\marginparwidth|, is 10 pt.
+% 
+% The line numbers should print on the baseline. You can adjust them 
+% to move them up or down by changing the value of a length called
+% |\pmclsideparvshift|. The default value is
+% |\setlength{\pmclsideparvshift}{0ex}|. 
 %
 % \subsection{~Special features}
 % \DescribeMacro{\linebend} \textsf{poemscol} automatically runs over
@@ -606,7 +659,7 @@
 % than the run over portion of long ``bent'' lines are indented, so 
 % that the two cases can be visually distinguished. By default, the 
 % length of |\verseindent| is 2em. To change it, say to 3em, issue 
-% |\setlength{\verseindent}{3em}|
+% |\renewcommand{\verseindent}{\hspace{3em}}|
 %  
 % 
 % \DescribeMacro{\brokenline}
@@ -625,6 +678,7 @@
 % end of the first, whatever the font size or special formatting of the 
 % first line.
 % 
+% 
 % The sestet of Yeats's sonnet ``Leda and the Swan,'' has such a broken 
 % line: 
 % \begin{verse}
@@ -666,7 +720,6 @@
 % the beginning of runover lines with |\startverseline|.
 %
 % \DescribeMacro{\startverseline}
-% \DescribeMacro{\tweakstartverseline}
 % If you begin a verse line with |\startverseline| the line number 
 % will be set level with the beginning of the line rather than with 
 % the end. This is useful, for instance, if you want to ensure that 
@@ -674,12 +727,18 @@
 % beginning of the line. You can, if you don't want to keep track of 
 % where runover lines are, start every line with |\startverseline|. 
 %
-% Rather than setting the line number of every runover line level 
-% with the beginning of the line, it may make more sense for you to 
-% set the line number level with the beginning in cases where the 
-% line number is to the left, and level with the end in cases where 
-% the line number is to the right. To do this, issue 
-% |\tweakstartverseline| in your preamble. 
+% \DescribeMacro{\tweakstartverseline} 
+% Rather than setting the line number of every runover line level with
+% the beginning of the line, it may make more sense for you to set the
+% line number level with the beginning in cases where the line number
+% is to the left, and level with the end in cases where the line
+% number is to the right.  You might want to do this, for instance, if
+% you have decided to set all the verse lines at the outer margin (by
+% issuing |\verselinenumbersouter| in your preamble), or have decided to
+% set all the verse lines at the inner margin (by issuing
+% |\verselinenumbersgutter| in your preamble).  To ensure that
+% |\startverseline| does this, issue |\tweakstartverseline| in your
+% preamble.
 % 	
 % \DescribeMacro{\stanzalinestraddle}
 % Some poets (such as Robert Penn Warren) occasionally introduce a 
@@ -709,7 +768,7 @@
 % between a verse environment that indents runover lines and a verse 
 % environment that flushes runover lines to the right. I have seen 
 % examples of this kind of environment from Markus Kohm and Christian 
-% Ebert, but so far they don't play well with \textsf{poemscol}
+% Ebert, but so far I haven't been able to persuade them to play well with \textsf{poemscol}
 % 
 % \DescribeMacro{\poemlinelabel} \label{poemlinelabel} |\poemlinelabel{}| enables crossreferences 
 % by line number. To make a line label, issue |\poemlinelabel{text of label}| 
@@ -723,20 +782,24 @@
 % number of the page on which the label appears. 
 % 
 % \section{Making a table of contents}
-% \DescribeMacro{\makepoemcontents} I found the normal \LaTeX\ macros 
-% for making tables of contents unsuited to poetry, so I have 
-% provided my own. To make a table of contents for your 
-% poems, issue |\makepoemcontents| in your preamble. Information for 
-% your table of contents will be written to an external file with the 
-% extension .ctn. You may need to run your book through \LaTeX\ twice 
-% in order to generate a table of contents, the first time to generate 
-% the correct page numbers, and the second time to set the table of 
-% contents. (Under some circumstances --- if you have an index, for 
-% instance --- you may need three passes rather 
-% than two.) |\makepoemcontents| takes an optional argument, which sets the 
-% page number for the table of contents. If your publisher wishes to add some
-% front matter so that the contents will appear on page vii, you should issue
-% |\makepoemcontents{7}|. 
+% \DescribeMacro{\makepoemcontents} 
+% I found the normal \LaTeX\ macros for making tables of contents
+% unsuited to poetry, so I have provided my own.  To make a table of
+% contents for your poems, issue |\makepoemcontents|.  It might seem
+% as though you would want to issue this command in your preamble.  In
+% fact it is better, for reasons explained below, to issue it
+% immediately after issuing the |\putpoemcontents|, the command which
+% inputs and typesets a table of contents from a prior run.
+% Information for your table of contents will be written to an
+% external file with the extension .ctn.  You may need to run your
+% book through \LaTeX\ twice in order to generate a table of contents,
+% the first time to generate the correct page numbers, and the second
+% time to set the table of contents.  (Under some circumstances --- if
+% you have an index, for instance --- you may need three passes rather
+% than two.)  |\makepoemcontents| takes an optional argument, which
+% sets the page number for the table of contents.  If your publisher
+% wishes to add some front matter so that the contents will appear on
+% page vii, you should issue |\makepoemcontents{7}|.
 
 % All of the commands that generate lines in the table of contents are
 % somewhat messy and somewhat rigid, but you can modify them if you
@@ -745,14 +808,14 @@
 % volume title, a poem title, or something else), then the title
 % itself.  If the entry is for a poem, for a section of a poem, or for
 % a section of a poetic sequence, a slash follows the title, followed
-% by the page number.  If you wish to give \emph{all} your entries a different
-% look altogether,
-% modify the |\c@ntentsinfo| macro below.  To change the appearance of
-% a \emph{particular} kind of entry (for all sequences of poems, for
-% instance), go to the definition of the title of that kind of entry
-% (e.g. |\sequencetitle|) below, find the line where it calls the
-% |\c@ntentsinfo| macro, and change the arguments to that macro to
-% suit you.
+% by the page number.  If you wish to give \emph{all} your entries a
+% different look altogether, modify the |\c@ntentsinfo| macro below
+% (see section \ref{poemtitlecode}, page \pageref{poemtitlecode}.  To
+% change the appearance of a \emph{particular} kind of entry (for all
+% sequences of poems, for instance), go to the definition of the title
+% of that kind of entry (e.g. |\sequencetitle|) below, find the line
+% where it calls the |\c@ntentsinfo| macro, and change the arguments
+% to that macro to suit you.
 %
 %\DescribeMacro{\setcontentsleaders} By default the title and the page 
 % are separated by a slash (actually by |~/~|). If you wish to change 
@@ -761,25 +824,27 @@
 % |\setcontentsleaders{\poemdotfill}|, which will flush the number to 
 % the right margin, and insert leading dots up to the number.
 % 
-% \DescribeMacro{\putpoemcontents} |\putpoemcontents| will input the
-% table of contents file if it exists, and complain on your log file
-% if it does not.  Because the table of contents uses a special page
-% style and special fonts |\putpoemcontents| restores the default
-% fancy page style once it has input the contents, and restores
-% |\normalfont| as well.  Be sure to reset the style of page numbering
-% (from |\pagenumbering{roman}| to |\pagenumbering{arabic}|) after
-% issuing |\putpoemcontents|, since when you read in the external file
-% created by |\makepoemcontents| the page numbering will be set to
-% roman.  The command |\resetpagestyle| (which is called by
-% |\putpoemcontents|) will reset the fancy page style to that used in
-% the main body of the volume, but it won't change the page numbering
-% to arabic, in case there is some frontmatter between the contents
-% and the main text, so you should be sure to do so yourself.  If you
-% neglect to issue |\pagenumbering{arabic}| before you begin to get to
-% your poems your page numbering will remain in roman numerals.  The
-% notes sections use the page numbers from the poem to construct
-% running headers of the form ``Notes to pp.~xx--yy,'' and if those
-% numbers are roman numerals you will get the infamous ``Missing
+% \DescribeMacro{\putpoemcontents}\label{putpoemcontents} 
+% |\putpoemcontents| will input the table of contents file if it
+% exists, and complain on your log file if it does not.  Because the
+% table of contents uses a special page style and special fonts
+% |\putpoemcontents| restores the default fancy page style once it has
+% input the contents, and restores |\normalfont| as well.  Be sure to
+% reset the style of page numbering (from |\pagenumbering{roman}| to
+% |\pagenumbering{arabic}|) after issuing |\putpoemcontents|, since
+% when you read in the external file created by |\makepoemcontents|
+% the page numbering will be set to roman.  The command
+% |\resetpagestyle| (which is called by |\putpoemcontents|) will reset
+% the fancy page style to that used in the main body of the volume,
+% but it won't change the page numbering to arabic, in case there is
+% some frontmatter between the contents and the main text, so you
+% should be sure to do so yourself.  If you neglect to issue
+% |\pagenumbering{arabic}| before you begin to get to your poems your
+% page numbering will remain in roman numerals.  The notes sections
+% use the page numbers from the poem to construct running headers of
+% the form ``Notes to pp.~xx--yy.''  If those numbers are roman
+% numerals rather than arabic ones, \textsf{poemscol} will not
+% recognize them as numbers, and you will get the infamous ``Missing
 % Number'' error that puzzles so many users of \LaTeX.
 % 
 % Because |\putpoemcontents| uses the table of contents file from a
@@ -798,15 +863,18 @@
 % contents. |\putpoemindex| inputs the formatted index, and adds an entry 
 % for it into the table of contents.
 %
-% \begin{sloppypar}\DescribeMacro{\puttextnotes} |\puttextnotes|,
-% |\putemendations|, |\putexplanatory|, like|\putpoemindex|, input the
-% formatted notes sections, and put entries for them into your table
-% of contents.  As with |\putpoemindex|, you will have to run \LaTeX\ again to set the table of
-% contents properly. The first run sets a label to find the page 
-% number to add to the table of contents, and the second run actually 
-% sets the table of contents.  (These commands are described below, in section
-% \ref{putexternalfiles}.)  All of these commands also restore normal
-% hyphenation.  \end{sloppypar}
+% \begin{sloppypar}\DescribeMacro{\puttextnotes}
+% \DescribeMacro{\putemendations}
+% \DescribeMacro{\putexplanatory} 
+% |\puttextnotes|, and its siblings |\putemendations| and
+% |\putexplanatory|, like |\putpoemindex|, input the formatted notes
+% sections, and put entries for them into your table of contents.  As
+% with |\putpoemindex|, you will have to run \LaTeX\ again to set the
+% table of contents properly.  The first run sets a label to find the
+% page number to add to the table of contents, and the second run
+% actually sets the table of contents.  (These commands are described
+% below, in section \ref{putexternalfiles}.)  All of these commands
+% also restore normal hyphenation.  \end{sloppypar}
 %
 % \DescribeMacro{\finish} Rather than issuing |\putpoemcontents| in
 % the proper place, and |\puttextnotes| and its siblings in their
@@ -820,7 +888,9 @@
 % you print the book with the contents at the end, so when you print
 % it you must retrieve the contents pages and put them in the proper
 % place.  I found the convenience worth the hassle, but you might not.
-% This command is deprecated now.
+% This command is deprecated now. But I have retained it, since the 
+% few users who gave me their opinions of the matter told me that 
+% they preferred to use |\finish| than |\puttextnotes|.
 % 
 % 
 % 
@@ -869,22 +939,28 @@
 % recto page. These divider pages have special
 % page styles, with no page numbers and no running headers.
 % 
+% \begin{sloppypar}
 % \DescribeMacro{\wholebooktitle} \DescribeMacro{\volumetitle}
 % \DescribeMacro{\volumetitlefirstline}
 % \DescribeMacro{\volumetitlemiddleline}
-% \DescribeMacro{\volumetitlelastline} \DescribeMacro{\volumesubtitle}
-% \DescribeMacro{\volumesectiontitle} |\wholebooktitle{}| is for the
-% title of the entire collection.  The |\volumetitle{}|,
-% |\volumetitlefirstline{}|, |\volumetitlemiddleline|, and
-% |\volumetitlelastline{}| macros are for the titles of volumes
-% gathered into the collection.  (The last two commands are for long
-% titles.  You may want to specify how a long title is broken up both
-% in the text and in the table of contents.)  |\volumesubtitle{}| is
-% for setting the subtitle to a volume.  |\volumesectiontitle{}| is
-% for setting the title of a section of a volume.  In addition to
-% setting the text in the body of your edition, these commands send
-% the title (and the formatting information about it) to the table of
-% contents file and to the textnotes file.
+% \DescribeMacro{\volumetitlelastline} 
+% \DescribeMacro{\volumesubtitle}
+% \DescribeMacro{\volumesectiontitle} 
+% |\wholebooktitle{}| is for the title of the entire collection.  
+% |\volumetitle{}| is for the title of an individual volume within a
+% Collected Poems.  The |\volumetitlefirstline{}|,
+% |\volumetitlemiddleline{}|, and |\volumetitlelastline{}| macros are
+% for multi-line titles of volumes gathered into the collection.  (Use
+% these last commands if you want to specify how a long title is
+% broken up both in the text and in the table of contents.
+% \textsf{poemscol} will break up long titles on its own anyway, but
+% you might not be happy with how it breaks up the lines.)
+% |\volumesubtitle{}| is for setting the subtitle to a volume.
+% |\volumesectiontitle{}| is for setting the title of a section of a
+% volume.  In addition to setting the text in the body of your
+% edition, these commands send the title (and the formatting
+% information about it) to the table of contents file and to the
+% textnotes file.\end{sloppypar}
 %
 % \DescribeMacro{\volumeepigraph}
 % \DescribeMacro{\volumeattribution}
@@ -910,7 +986,7 @@
 % \textsf{poemscol} opens external files for emendations, textual
 % collations, and explanatory notes (with extensions .emd, .ent, and
 % .enx respectively), and reads them back in at the place you specify
-% with |\puttextnotes|, |\putexplanatory|, or |\putemendations| or at
+% with |\puttextnotes|, |\putexplanatory|, or |\putemendations|, or at
 % the end (if you use the |\finish| command).
 %  
 % To collect emendations, issue |\makeemendations| in your preamble. 
@@ -918,7 +994,7 @@
 % preamble.  To collect explanatory notes, issue
 % |\makeexplanatorynotes| in your preamble.  These commands set up the
 % external files, send to them the commands for typesetting the
-% title of each section (e.g. Explanatory Notes) and modifying the
+% title of each section (e.g. Explanatory Notes) and for modifying the
 % running headers of the notes sections to xx--yy format (e.g.
 % ``Explanatory Notes to pp.~55--7'').
 % 
@@ -944,6 +1020,7 @@
 % canto names or numbers, setting the poem title in some other way,
 % perhaps with |\volumetitle| described above.)
 % 
+% 
 % \subsection{~Textual notes of various kinds}
 % \DescribeMacro{\sources} To record information about the copy text, editions and 
 % publication history of individual poems, or any information not tied to 
@@ -989,22 +1066,21 @@
 % 214, this is to say, the output in the textual notes would be: 
 % 214--218: lemma] rest of note. 
 %
-% \begin{sloppypar}
-% It seems clumsy to count the lines 
-% referred to by a note, especially since you don't have to count 
-% lines to set where the note begins. 
-% A more sophisticated way, and one which involves no counting, is to 
-% make a unique poem line label for the last line of the range by 
-% issuing |\poemlinelabel{some unique label}| just after the 
-% |\verseline| or |\end{stanza}| that ends the range. (To use 
-% |\poemlinelabel| see section \ref{poemlinelabel}.) Then put the 
-% text of the label into the optional argument of |\textnote| as 
-% follows: |\textnote[some unique label]{lemma]rest of note}|. This 
-% is the preferred method. The line-counting method is deprecated, 
-% but retained for backwards compatibility with earlier 
-% versions. If you use the label method, you will have to run your 
-% file through \LaTeX\ twice, once to define the labels, and once to 
-% set the text.\end{sloppypar} 
+% \begin{sloppypar} It seems clumsy to count the lines referred to by
+% a note, especially since you don't have to count lines to set where
+% the note begins.  A more sophisticated way, and one which involves
+% no counting, is to make a unique poem line label for the last line
+% of the range by issuing |\poemlinelabel{some unique label}| just
+% after the |\verseline| or |\end{stanza}| that ends the range.  (To
+% use |\poemlinelabel| see section \ref{poemlinelabel}.)  Then, back
+% after the |\verseline| or |\end{stanza}| command that closes the
+% first line of the range, put the text of the label into the optional
+% argument of |\textnote| as follows: |\textnote[some unique label]{lemma]rest of note}|.  
+% This is the preferred method.  The line-counting method is
+% deprecated, but retained for backwards compatibility with earlier
+% versions.  If you use the label method, you will have to run your
+% file through \LaTeX\ twice, once to define the labels, and once to
+% set the text.\end{sloppypar}
 % 
 % One advantage of using an optional argument to specify line ranges 
 % in notes is that nested or overlapping lemmas, or lemmas that 
@@ -1120,9 +1196,9 @@
 %
 % You can
 % mark individual variants with |\tsentry{}| in the arguments to the
-% |\explanatory{}| and |\emendation{}| commands, and 
-% |\tsentry| will behave normally in any endnote or footnote section 
-% you define using |\definenewnotetype| as well.
+% |\explanatory{}| and |\emendation{}| commands as well, and 
+% |\tsentry| will also behave normally in any endnote or footnote section 
+% you define using |\definenewnotetype|.
 % 
 % \textsf{poemscol} does not provide for a separate backmatter section
 % for typescript variants, but it would be trivial to construct one,
@@ -1151,7 +1227,9 @@
 % writing literal, unexpanded text on the file (as
 % |\literaltextnote{}| does on the textnotes file), and for the
 % note command that sends the actual textual note (line number and
-% all) to the section (e.g. |\mynote{}|). These commands will always be 
+% all) to the section (e.g. |\mynote{}|), also the command to write 
+% notes in line-numbered prose (e.g. |\prosemynote{}|) or prose 
+% numbered by paragraph and sentence (e.g. |\pmmynote{}|). These commands will always be 
 % singular. 
 % \item The name of the |\put| command (e.g. |\putmynotes|) which closes
 % the external file for the notes section, reads it back in to your
@@ -1174,12 +1252,22 @@
 % 
 % So, for instance, 
 % |\definenewnotetype{xyznote}{xyz}{Xyznotes}{XYZNOTES}| creates the 
-% booleans |\ifxyznoteson| and |\ifnoxyznoteyet|, the commands 
-% |\literalxyznote| and |\xyznote|, (and, although you don't ever 
+% booleans |\ifxyznoteson| and |\ifnoxyznoteyet|, the commands |\xyznote|,
+% |\literalxyznote|,  |\prosexyznote|, |\pmxyznote|, and |\putxyznotes| (and, although you don't ever 
 % have to use it explicitly, |\firstxyznote|) the output channel xyznotes, 
 % the external file |\jobname.xyz|, an entry in the contents for 
 % ``Xyznotes'', and an endnotes section with a running header of the 
-% form ``Xyznotes to pp.~xx--yy'' and a title XYZNOTES. 
+% form ``Xyznotes to pp.~xx--yy'' and a title XYZNOTES. |\xyznote| 
+% takes the same arguments that |\explanatory| does (which is to say, 
+% an optional argument for a label for entering line ranges, and an 
+% argument for the lemma and the comment). There won't be an entry 
+% for a poem in the ``Xyznotes'' endnotes section unless there 
+% actually is an xyznote for the poem. |\prosexyznote| takes the same 
+% arguments |\proseexplanatory| does (which is to say, an aptional 
+% argument for a label for entering line ranges, an argument for a 
+% label to capture the line number of the first line, and an argument 
+% for the lemma and the comment). |\pmxyznote| behaves exactly like 
+% |\pmexplanatory|.
 % 
 % \section{Multi-level footnotes} \label{makingfootnotes}
 % \textsf{poemscol} will set multiple 
@@ -1201,7 +1289,8 @@
 % |\emendationsatfoot| in your preamble.  These notes will be set by
 % default as block paragraphs.  If you have multiple-paragraph notes
 % in your emendations, you should redefine these notes to set plain
-% rather than para style notes.  To set your explanatory notes as
+% rather than para style notes. (See the next paragraph for how to do 
+% this.) To set your explanatory notes as
 % footnotes, issue |\explanationsatfoot|.  These notes will also, by
 % default, be plain style notes, with one indented paragraph per note.
 % You do not need to issue |\maketextnotes|, |\makeemendations| or
@@ -1210,15 +1299,23 @@
 % the text it would have put in your textnotes, since |\literaltext|
 % just writes its argument onto the external file for textual notes.
 % 
-% If you wish to change the style of your footnotes between plain and
-% para modes, globally change the values of the booleans
-% |\ifsourcesfootnotespara|, |\iftextfootnotespara|,
-% |\ifemendationfootnotespara|, or |\ifexplanfootnotespara|, as the
-% case may be.  To change the explanatory footnotes from plain to para
-% mode, for instance, issue |\global\explanfootnotesparatrue|.
-% Counterintuitive as it sounds, you must issue this \emph{before}
-% issuing |\textnotesatfoot| (or the command for whichever other kind
-% of note you are wishing to change the appearance of).
+% 
+% To change the style of your footnotes between plain and
+% para modes, globally change the values some of the following
+% booleans.  |\ifsourcesfootnotespara|, obviously, is true if
+% footnotes from the |\sources| command are set in ``para'' mode
+% (default is false).  |\iftextfootnotespara| is true if footnotes
+% from |\textnote| are set in ``para'' mode (default is true).
+% |\ifemendationfootnotespara|, or |\ifexplanfootnotespara| are the
+% booleans which set the style of footnotes from |\emendation| and
+% |\explanatory| respectively.  By default, footnotes from
+% |\emendation| are set in ``para'' mode, and footnotes from
+% |\explanatory| are set in ``plain'' mode.  To change the explanatory
+% footnotes from plain to para mode, for instance, issue
+% |\global\explanfootnotesparatrue|.  Counterintuitive as it sounds,
+% you must issue this \emph{before} issuing |\textnotesatfoot| (or the
+% command for whichever other kind of note you are wishing to change
+% the appearance of).
 % 
 % When |\sources| is defined to send endnotes to the textual notes 
 % section, they usually appear immediately underneath the title of 
@@ -1275,9 +1372,18 @@
 % \DescribeMacro{\putexplanatory} |\puttextnotes| and 
 % |\putexplanatory| do the same thing for the textual 
 % notes and for the explanatory notes.
+% 
+% All of these last three commands restore normal hyphenation. Since 
+% all three are printed with the |\small| font size, the hyphen 
+% character is defined only for that size. This should not create 
+% other issues, however, because the commands that prohibit 
+% hyphenation in the |poem| environment (and in the |contentsentry| 
+% environment) are local to those environments, so the restoration of 
+% the hyphen character may be redundant.
 %
-% \DescribeMacro{\putpoemindex} Inputs the index at this point, and 
-% adds an entry for the index to external file for the table of contents.
+% \DescribeMacro{\putpoemindex} |\putpoemindex| reads in the index at
+% this point, and adds an entry for the index to external file for the
+% table of contents.
 % 
 % \DescribeMacro{\finish} The
 % |\finish| macro is deprecated but still available.  It is
@@ -1304,23 +1410,24 @@
 % \section{Special cases}
 % \subsection{~Epigraphs, attributions etc.}
 % \DescribeMacro{\epigraph} \DescribeMacro{\headnote}
-% \DescribeMacro{\attribution} \DescribeMacro{\dedication} Set
-% epigraphs, attributions, dedications, and headnotes as arguments to
-% these macros. If you have epigraphs, attributions, dedications on the 
-% divider pages of editions that combine several volumes of poetry, 
-% use |\volumededication{}|, |\volumeepigraph{}|, and 
-% |\volumeattribution{}|. 
+% \DescribeMacro{\attribution} \DescribeMacro{\dedication} 
+% |\epigraph|, |\headnote|, |\attribution|, and |\dedication| set
+% their arguments as epigraphs, headnotes, attributions, or
+% dedications.  If you have dedications, epigraphs, or attributions on
+% the divider pages of editions that combine several volumes of
+% poetry, use |\volumededication{}|, |\volumeepigraph{}|, and
+% |\volumeattribution{}|.
 % 
 % \subsection{~Inset prose quotations}
 % \DescribeMacro{\saveverselinenumber}
-% \DescribeMacro{\restoreverselinenumber} Sometime you will have inset prose 
+% \DescribeMacro{\restoreverselinenumber} Sometimes you will have inset prose 
 % passages, but you will not wish to start the line numbering over 
 % after the passage. The way to set this is to issue |\end{stanza}| 
 % at the end of the stanza before the prose insert. Then issue 
 % |\saveverselinenumber|. Then issue |\end{poem}|. Insert the prose 
 % quotation (perhaps followed by |\attribution{}|). Then issue 
 % |\begin{poem}| followed by |\restoreverselinenumber| and |\begin{stanza}|. 
-% Then begin entering the rest of the poem. Longer, independent prose 
+% Then begin entering the rest of the poem as usual. Longer, independent prose 
 % sections (such as the author's preface or prose poems) require 
 % different handling. To provide line numbers and notes for such 
 % prose sections, see section \ref{prosesections}.
@@ -1358,20 +1465,23 @@
 % care how long titles were broken up, this would probably be the 
 % best thing to do. Remember also that if \textsf{poemscol} breaks a 
 % title across two lines, you can always force it not break the line 
-% by using enclosing the argument to |\poemtitle{}| in |\hbox{}|.
+% by using enclosing the argument to |\poemtitle{}| in |\hbox{}|. You 
+% may get a complaint on your log file about an overfull |\hbox| if 
+% you do this, however.
 %
 % \subsection{~Italicized poem titles and empty poem titles} Titles
 % with italics or other special formatting posed special problems in
-% earlier versions since the typesetting commands gummed up how I
+% earlier versions (before version 1.7) since the typesetting commands gummed up how I
 % passed parameters around that I was unable to solve using
 % |\protect|.  All of these commands are obsolete now, but are
 % retained for backward compatibility.
+% 
 % \DescribeMacro{\poemtitleitalic{}{}} |\poemtitleitalic{}{}| takes
 % two arguments.  The first is the title of the poem with the italics
 % (or small capitals or international characters or what have you),
 % for typesetting, and the second is the title without the commands,
 % for cross reference purposes.  (Actually, now that \textsf{poemscol}
-% no long needs to treat italics in titles in a different way, it can
+% no longer needs to treat italics in titles in a different way, it can
 % be anything you want, since the second argument is discarded.)
 % 
 % \DescribeMacro{\poemtitlenotitle{}}
@@ -1390,16 +1500,26 @@
 % first line without the italics (for crossreference purposes). This command
 % is obsolete now that italics in titles no longer require special 
 % handing, but is retained for backwards compatibility.
+% 
 % \subsection{~Poems in sections}
 % 
-% \DescribeMacro{\poemsectiontitle} |\poemsectiontitle{}| and its relatives
-% (|\poemsubsectiontitle{}|,\goodbreak |\poemsectiontitlefirstline{}|,
-% |\poemsectiontitlelastline{}|,\goodbreak |\poemsectiontitlenocontents{}|, and
-% |\poemsectiontitlebaretitle{}|), as their titles imply, are used for the titles
-% of sections of poems that have titled sections, and for special cases such as
-% long section titles.  You can construct variants of these macros for dealing
-% with special cases I didn't anticipate by using |\poemsectiontitlebaretitle{}|
-% and |\literalcontents{}| and its siblings.
+% \begin{sloppypar}
+% \DescribeMacro{\poemsectiontitle} 
+% |\poemsectiontitle{}| and  (|\poemsubsectiontitle{}|, as their 
+% names imply, are for the titles of sections or subsections of poems 
+% that have them. |\poemfirstsectiontitle| is for the first section 
+% of a poem with many sections. (It differs from |\poemsectiontitle| 
+% in that it tries to make it harder for a page break to separate the 
+% title of a poem from the title of its first section.) 
+% |\poemsectiontitlefirstline{}|, |\poemsectiontitlemiddleline|, |\poemsectiontitlelastline{}|,
+% |\poemsectiontitlenocontents{}|, and
+% |\poemsectiontitlebaretitle{}|), as their titles imply, are used for
+% special cases such as long section titles, if you wish to specify
+% explicitly how the title is to be broken up in the text and in the
+% table of contents.  You can construct variants of these macros for
+% dealing with special cases I didn't anticipate by using
+% |\poemsectiontitlebaretitle{}| and |\literalcontents{}| and its
+% siblings.\end{sloppypar}
 % 
 % \subsection{~Poetic sequences}
 % 
@@ -1437,7 +1557,7 @@
 % you may need. 
 %
 % Here is a list of all of the defined title commands. 
-% \newpage
+% 
 % \begin{itemize}
 %     \item Macros for Poem titles
 %     \begin{itemize}
@@ -1446,6 +1566,8 @@
 % \item |\poemtitlemiddleline|
 % \item |\poemtitlelastline|
 % \item |\poemtitlenotitle|
+% \item |\poemtitlenocontents|
+% \item |\poemtitlebaretitle|
 % \item |\poemsubtitle|	
 % 	\end{itemize}
 %      \item Poems in Sections
@@ -1455,8 +1577,9 @@
 % \item |\poemsectiontitlemiddleline|
 % \item |\poemsectiontitlelastline|
 % \item |\poemsectiontitlenocontents|
-% \item |\poemfirstsectiontitlebaretitle|
 % \item |\poemsectiontitlebaretitle|
+% \item |\poemfirstsectiontitle|
+% \item |\poemfirstsectiontitlebaretitle|
 % \item |\poemsubsectiontitle|
 % 	 \end{itemize}
 %       \item Sequence Titles
@@ -1548,6 +1671,35 @@
 % three macros. The lines will be broken in the
 % table of contents and in the body of the text in the same way, but will be run in in 
 % the notes sections.
+% 
+% \DescribeMacro{\JHpoemtitle}
+% In his edition of the poetry of Jos\'e Maria Heredia, Tilmann 
+% Altenberg placed a marker in the margin next to poem titles with a reference to where 
+% in the apparatus notes on that poem could be found. To do this, use 
+% the |\JHpoemtitle| command. This command takes two arguments: 
+% first, the title of the poem, second, the label used by the 
+% |\label| command on the page of the notes section to which the 
+% title refers. So, you would issue the poem title command this way:
+% |\poemtitle{Los desvelados}{EP_LosDesvelados_AC}|, following the 
+% title with |\sources{\label{EP_LosDesvelados_AC}|. Instructions are 
+% given in section \ref{JHpoemtitle}, p.~\pageref{JHpoemtitle} for how to 
+% construct similar commands for sequences, sequence sections, and so 
+% on.
+% 
+% If you are using |\JHpoemtitle| and its siblings, you need to be
+% sure to add \textsf{mparhack} to your package list.  You can prevent
+% the marginal reference from switching sides on alternate pages by issuing 
+% |\@mparswitchfalse| (be sure to put |\makeatletter| and 
+% |\makeatother| around this command). You can control the side on 
+% which the marginal reference appears with |\normalmarginpar| (to 
+% place them on the right) or |\reversemarginpar| (to place them on 
+% the left). |\JHpoemtitle| and its siblings place the marginal 
+% reference using |\marginpar|.
+% 
+% \DescribeMacro{\setmpargpoemtitle}
+% |\setmargpoemtitle{}{}| is a more general version of 
+% |\JHpoemtitle{}{}|, with the second argument being any commands you 
+% want to be issued while the title is being processed.
 % 	
 % \subsection{~Visual formatting}
 % \DescribeMacro{\longpage}
@@ -1646,12 +1798,14 @@
 % 
 % \subsection{~Page geometry and type leading}
 % 
-% You have to give geometry the values that suit you. I include the 
-% values I used in my own book, just to give you a starting place. 
-% Using these numbers out of the box might make your page look strange, 
-% since I also used the now obsolete \textsf{cropmarks} package, which 
-% defined a few other lengths and moved the page box around on the 
-% page. With that warning, here is a list of the values I used:
+% You have to give geometry the values that suit you.  I include the
+% values I used in my own book, just to give you a starting place.
+% Using these numbers out of the box might make your page look
+% strange, since I also used the now obsolete \textsf{cropmarks}
+% package, which defined a few other lengths and moved the page box
+% around on the page.  Also, the default values for marginparsep and
+% marginparwidth are different now (18pt and 10pt respectively).  With
+% that warning, here is a list of the values I used:
 % 
 % \bigskip
 % 
@@ -1782,7 +1936,6 @@
 % have provided the new name to make it easy to distinguish from 
 % |\poemlinelabel|. 
 %
-% \newpage
 % 
 %
 % \DescribeMacro{\prosetextnote}
@@ -1863,6 +2016,9 @@
 % combining verse and prose. (Hence the commands that follow often 
 % begin with |pm|.)
 % 
+% \DescribeMacro{pmsection}
+% You should put prose marked up for sentence and paragraph 
+% annotation in a |pmsection| environment.
 % You do not need to put prose marked up for sentence and paragraph 
 % annotation in a |prosesection| environment. That environment is 
 % only needed if you are line-numbering prose. You also do not need 
@@ -1885,14 +2041,12 @@
 % |\setlength{\marginparsep}{length}| or, better, by using
 % |\renewcommand| to change the setting of |\marginparsep| in
 % |\verselinenumberstoleft| or whatever else you intend to use.
-
+%
 % \DescribeMacro{\pmsentence} Each sentence must begin with
 % |\pmsentence|.  |\pmsentence| increments the sentence counter,
 % optionally puts the sentence number in the running text, and
 % optionally puts the sentence number in the margin.  
-
-% \DescribeMacro{\runningsentencenumberstrue}
-% \DescribeMacro{\marginsentencenumberstrue}
+%
 % |\runningsentencenumberstrue|
 % sets sentence
 % numbers in the running text.
@@ -1905,11 +2059,11 @@
 % the margin, you need not number every sentence.  Indeed, if there is
 % more than one sentence on a line, the numbers will overwrite each
 % other (unless you use the marn.sty package, and substitute |\marn|
-% for |\rightsidepar|, |\leftsidepar| or |\sidepar| in the code for
+% for |\pmclrightsidepar|, |\pmclleftsidepar| or |\pmclsidepar| in the code for
 % |\pmsentence|).  You can also avoid overlapping sentence numbers by
 % using |\pmsentencetwo| and its siblings, defined below.  You can set
 % the modulo for sentence marginal numbers by issuing
-% |\setpmmodulo{}|.
+% |\setpmmodulo{}|. 
 %
 % \DescribeMacro{\pmsentencetwo}
 % \DescribeMacro{\pmsentencethree}
@@ -1934,8 +2088,7 @@
 % (|\versenumberstoright| or whatever) again when you move 
 % from a prose to a verse environment. 
 % 
-% \DescribeMacro{\runningsentencenumberformat}
-% \DescribeMacro{\marginsentencenumberformat}
+%
 % |\runningsentencenumberformat| sets the format of running sentence numbers. Currently it is
 % |\textsuperscript| and |\tiny|.
 % You can change this with |\renewcommand|. The format of marginal 
@@ -1959,6 +2112,21 @@
 % is controlled by the same commands that control placement of
 % marginal sentence numbers.
 % 
+% If you begin a paragraph with |\pmpara| \textsf{poemscol} will 
+% assume that you intend to include the paragraph number in your 
+% notes (in the form \emph{paragraph: sentence:} for simple 
+% references, or \emph{firstparagraph: firstsentence: -- 
+% ;astparagraph: lastentence:} for ranges of sentences) even if you do not reset 
+% the sentence number at the beginning of each paragraph. Normally 
+% you would not issue |\pmpara| if you are not resetting the sentence 
+% number at the beginning of each paragraph, since under those 
+% circumstances you don't really need to keep track of the paragraph 
+% numbers, in which case each note would simply include the sentence 
+% number (just as in verse it would include the line number). In the 
+% unusual event in which you wish to put the paragraph number in the 
+% margin but refer only to sentence numbers in the notes, simply 
+% follow every use of |\pmpara| with |\pmparasfalse|.
+% 
 % \DescribeMacro{\pmpararunningformat}\DescribeMacro{\pmparmarformat}
 % The format of running paragraph numbers is set 
 % by |\pmparrunningformat|. Currently it is 
@@ -2882,28 +3050,28 @@
 % \subsection{~Marginal line numbers, verse lines, line cross
 % references, etc.}\label{marginalgeometry} The default is that the
 % line numbers are on the right side, and that the |\marginparsep| is
-% -18pt.  If you use |\leftsidepar| the placement of the number is
+% 18pt.  If you use |\pmclleftsidepar| the placement of the number is
 % controlled by |\marginparsep| and |\marginparwidth|.  You should
 % experiment with different values until you find a set that suits
 % you.  A rule of thumb for me is that the |\marginparsep| if the
 % numbers is on the right should be the negative of the value if it is
 % on the left.  First, some lengths and ifs:
 %    \begin{macrocode}
- \setlength{\marginparsep}{-18pt}
+ \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}
  \setlength{\marginparwidth}{10pt}
 \newif\ifnumbersswitch \numbersswitchfalse
 \newif\ifnumbersright \numbersrighttrue
 %    \end{macrocode}
-%   Next, code for |\sidepar|, taken from the memoir class, by 
-% Peter Wilson. Most of this uses |\providecommand|, to make it 
-% easier to make \textsf{poemscol} and \textsf{memoir} compatible.
-% \begin{macro}{\sidepar}
+%   Next, code for |\pmclsidepar|, taken from the memoir class, by 
+% Peter Wilson. Modified by Dan Luecking.
+% \begin{macro}{\pmclsidepar}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\providecommand{\sidepar}{\@dblarg{\@sidepar}}
-\long\def\@sidepar[#1]#2{\@bsphack\leavevmode\vadjust{% %
-  \checkoddpage
-  \ifsideparswitch
-    \ifreversesidepar
+\newcommand{\pmclsidepar}{\@dblarg{\@pmclsidepar}}
+%\long\def\@pmclsidepar[#1]#2{\@bsphack\leavevmode\vadjust{%
+\long\def\@pmclsidepar[#1]#2{\@bsphack\strut\vadjust{% added
+\checkoddpage
+  \ifpmclsideparswitch
+    \ifpmclreversesidepar
       \ifoddpage
         \oddpagefalse
       \else
@@ -2912,7 +3080,7 @@
     \fi
   \else
     \oddpagetrue
-    \ifreversesidepar
+    \ifpmclreversesidepar
       \oddpagefalse
     \fi
   \fi
@@ -2930,12 +3098,18 @@
         \kern -\marginparsep \kern -\marginparwidth % at left
       \fi
     \fi
-    \vbox to 0pt{%
-     \kern \sideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
-     \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
-      \ifoddpage #2\else #1\fi%
+%     \vbox to 0pt{%
+%      \kern \pmclsideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
+%      \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
+    \setbox0=\vtop to 0pt{% added
+     \begin{minipage}[t]{\marginparwidth}% added
+     \ifoddpage #2\else #1\fi%
       \end{minipage}%
-  \vss}}}\@esphack}
+%   \vss}}}\@esphack}
+\vss}% added
+ \vtop to 0pt{\kern\pmclsideparvshift % default should be 0pt 
+  \kern-\dp\strutbox \kern-\ht0 \box0 \vss}}}\@esphack}% added 
+
 
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
@@ -3019,16 +3193,16 @@
 
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro} 
-% \begin{macro}{\ifreversesidepar}
-% \begin{macro}{\ifsideparswitch}
+% \begin{macro}{\ifpmclreversesidepar}
+% \begin{macro}{\ifpmclsideparswitch}
 % Analogues of |\marginpar| controls.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\newif\ifreversesidepar
-%  \reversesideparfalse
-  \reversesidepartrue
-\newif\ifsideparswitch
-  \sideparswitchfalse
-\if@twoside \sideparswitchtrue \fi
+\newif\ifpmclreversesidepar
+%  \pmclreversesideparfalse
+  \pmclreversesidepartrue
+\newif\ifpmclsideparswitch
+  \pmclsideparswitchfalse
+\if@twoside \pmclsideparswitchtrue \fi
 
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
@@ -3055,19 +3229,14 @@
 %    Two-column and one-column printing is again realized via a switch
 %    which is defined in the kernel. The default is single column printing.
 %
-% % \begin{macro}{\if@twocolumn}
-% %    \begin{macrocode}
-% \DeclareOption{onecolumn}{\@twocolumnfalse}
-% \DeclareOption{twocolumn}{\@twocolumntrue}
-% %    \end{macrocode}
-% % \end{macro}
 %
-% \begin{macro}{\sideparvshift}
+% \begin{macro}{\pmclsideparvshift}
 % Vertical shift for sidepar to align with text line
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\newlength{\sideparvshift}
-%  \setlength{\sideparvshift}{-2.08ex}% seems to work for all font sizes
-\setlength{\sideparvshift}{-2.58ex}
+\newlength{\pmclsideparvshift}
+%  \setlength{\pmclsideparvshift}{-2.08ex}% seems to work for all font sizes
+%\setlength{\pmclsideparvshift}{-2.58ex}
+\setlength{\pmclsideparvshift}{0ex}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
 %   My code resumes here
@@ -3075,11 +3244,20 @@
 %    \begin{macro}{\verselinenumberstoright}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\verselinenumberstoleft}{%
+% \catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchfalse%
+% \catcode`\@=12%
+% \reversemarginpar%
    \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
    \setlength{\marginparwidth}{10pt}%
    \numbersswitchfalse\numbersrightfalse}
 \newcommand{\verselinenumberstoright}{%
-   \setlength{\marginparsep}{-18pt}%
+% \catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchfalse%
+% \catcode`\@=12%
+% \normalmarginpar%                                     
+ %  \setlength{\marginparsep}{-18pt}%
+   \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
    \setlength{\marginparwidth}{10pt}%
    \numbersswitchfalse\numbersrighttrue}
 %    \end{macrocode}
@@ -3090,15 +3268,23 @@
 %    \begin{macro}{\verselinenumbersouter}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\verselinenumbersswitch}{%
+% \catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchtrue%
+% \catcode`\@=12%                                     %
    \strictpagechecktrue%
    \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
    \setlength{\marginparwidth}{10pt}%
-   \numbersswitchtrue\numbersrightfalse}
-\newif\ifnumbersgutter \numbersgutterfalse
+   \numbersswitchtrue\numbersrightfalse\pmclsideparswitchtrue}
+\newif\ifnumbersgutter \numbersgutterfalse%
 \newcommand{\verselinenumbersgutter}{\verselinenumbersswitch%
-\reversesideparfalse\numbersguttertrue}
+%\normalmarginpar
+\pmclreversesideparfalse%
+\numbersguttertrue%
+}
 \newcommand{\verselinenumbersouter}{\verselinenumbersswitch%
-\reversesidepartrue\numbersgutterfalse}
+%\reversemarginpar%
+\pmclreversesidepartrue% 
+\numbersgutterfalse}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
 %    \end{macro}
@@ -3106,21 +3292,29 @@
 %    \begin{macro}{\putverselinenumber}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\putverselinenumber}{\nolinebreak\begin{marginenvironment}%
-  \nolinebreak
-  \ifnumbersswitch\sidepar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%
-    \else 
-    \ifnumbersright\rightsidepar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%
-      \else 
-      \leftsidepar{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}\hfil}%
-      \fi
-    \fi
+  \nolinebreak%
+% \ifnumbersswitch\marginpar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%
+%     \else% 
+%     \ifnumbersright\marginpar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%
+%       \else%
+%       \marginpar{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}\hfil}%
+%       \fi%
+%     \fi              
+  \ifnumbersswitch\pmclsidepar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%
+    \else% 
+    \ifnumbersright\pmclrightsidepar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%
+      \else%
+      \pmclleftsidepar
+{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}\hfil}%
+      \fi%
+    \fi%
 %  \marn{\hfil\textrm{\theverselinenumber}}
 %  \marginpar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}
 %   \linenumberside{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}\hfil}
-% \rightsidepar{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}  
-  \nolinebreak
+% \pmclrightsidepar{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}  
+  \nolinebreak%
   \end{marginenvironment}%
-  \nolinebreak
+  \nolinebreak%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
@@ -3564,7 +3758,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \newcommand{\argpageref}[1]{\pageref{#1}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %  \subsubsection{Poem Titles} 
-%  \begin{macro}{\poemtitle}
+%  \begin{macro}{\poemtitle}\label{poemtitlecode}
 % All of the other commands in this section are variations on this
 % one, changing the penalties, the skips, the indentations, and the
 % fonts.  The command breaks into three sections.  First, the title
@@ -3813,6 +4007,14 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\poemsectiontitlenocontents}[1]{%
   \sequencesubsectiontitlenocontents{#1}}%
+\newcommand{\poemfirstsectiontitle}[1]{%
+\set@p@emtitle{#1}{\par\nobreak}{\subsectiontitlefont}%
+{\titleindent}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\afterpoemtitleskip\nobreak}%
+{\titleindentamount}%
+\c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindenttwo}{\contentspoemtitlefont}%
+{\contentsindentthreeamount}%
+\t@xtnotesinfo{#1}%                                                        
+}
 \newcommand{\poemfirstsectiontitlebaretitle}[1]{%
 \set@p@emtitle{#1}{\par\nobreak}{\subsectiontitlefont}%
 {\titleindent}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\afterpoemtitleskip\nobreak}%
@@ -4183,7 +4385,104 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \sequencefirstsubsectionmiddleline{#1}
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}
-
+%    \begin{macro}{\setmargpoemtitle}
+% Titles with a marginal reference to the notes, as in Altenberg's 
+% Heredia edition.\label{JHpoemtitle} |\setmargpoemtitle| takes as 
+% its second argument anything you want to add to the line while the 
+% title is being processed. |\JHpoemtitle| is just 
+% |\setmargpoemtitle| with the second argument passed to |\JHlabel|, 
+% which actually makes the label
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\setmargpoemtitle}[2]{%
+\set@margp@emtitle{#1}{\poemtitlepenalty}{\poemtitlefont}%
+{\relax}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\afterpoemtitleskip\nobreak}{\z@}{#2}%
+\c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindentone}{\contentspoemtitlefont}%
+{\contentsindenttwoamount}%
+\t@xtnotesinfo{#1}%
+}
+\newcommand{\set@margp@emtitle}[7]{\setlength{\titleentryoverrun}{#6}%
+{#2}%
+{#3 \begin{titleentryenvironment}%
+{#4 #1 #7}\end{titleentryenvironment}}%
+{#5}%
+\m@kep@emlabel%
+\m@ken@teholder{#1}%
+\setlength{\titleentryoverrun}{\z@}}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%    \end{macro}
+%    \begin{macro}{\JHpoemtitle} Macros to set marginal line 
+%    references.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\JHpoemtitle}[2]{%
+\setmargpoemtitle{#1}{\JHlabel{#2}}%
+}                             
+\newcommand{\JHlabel}[1]{%
+\marginpar{{\scriptsize{\dag~p.~\pageref{#1}}}}}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%    \end{macro}
+%    \begin{macro}{\JHsequencetitle} Macros to set marginal line 
+%    references for sequences and sequence sections.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand{\JHsequencetitle}[2]{%
+\set@margp@emtitle{#1}{\sequencetitlepenalty}{\sequencetitlefont}%
+{\relax}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\aftersequencetitleskip\nobreak}{\z@}%
+{\JHlabel{#2}}%
+\putpagenumberincontentsfalse%
+\c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindentone}{\contentssequencetitlefont}%
+{\contentsindenttwoamount}%
+\putpagenumberincontentstrue%
+\t@xtnotesinfo{#1}%
+}
+\newcommand{\JHsequencesectiontitle}[2]{%
+\set@margp@emtitle{#1}{\poemtitlepenalty}{\poemtitlefont}%
+{\titleindent}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\afterpoemtitleskip\nobreak}%
+{\titleindentamount}{\JHlabel{#2}}%
+\c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindenttwo}{\contentspoemtitlefont}%
+{\contentsindentthreeamount}%
+\t@xtnotesinfo{#1}%
+}
+\newcommand{\JHsequencefirstsectiontitle}[2]{%
+\set@margp@emtitle{#1}{\par\nobreak\afterpoemtitleskip}{\poemtitlefont}%
+{\titleindent}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\afterpoemtitleskip\nobreak}%
+{\titleindentamount}{\JHlabel{#2}}%
+\c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindenttwo}{\contentspoemtitlefont}%
+{\contentsindentthreeamount}%
+\t@xtnotesinfo{#1}%
+}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%    \end{macro}
+%    To change other title making commands to produce titles which add
+%    something while processing the title, you should: 1.  add one to
+%    the number of arguments it uses 2.  replace the use of
+%    |\set@p@emtitle| with |\set@margp@emtitle| 3.  add |{#2}| or 
+%    |\JHlabel{#2}| or whatever as the
+%    last (seventh) argument to |\set@margp@emtitle|.  So, to change
+%    |\sequencetitle{}| to |\JHsequencetitle{}{}| start with:
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% \newcommand{\sequencetitle}[1]{
+% \set@p@emtitle{#1}{\sequencetitlepenalty}{\sequencetitlefont}
+% {\relax}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\aftersequencetitleskip\nobreak}{\z@}
+% \putpagenumberincontentsfalse
+% \c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindentone}{\contentssequencetitlefont}
+% {\contentsindenttwoamount}
+% \putpagenumberincontentstrue
+% \t@xtnotesinfo{#1}
+% }
+% \end{verbatim}
+%  and change it to
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% \catcode`\@=11
+% \newcommand{\JHsequencetitle}[2]{
+% \set@margp@emtitle{#1}{\sequencetitlepenalty}{\sequencetitlefont}
+% {\relax}{\nobreak\par\nobreak\aftersequencetitleskip\nobreak}{\z@}
+% {\JHlabel{#2}}\putpagenumberincontentsfalse
+% \c@ntentsinfo{#1}{\contentsindentone}{\contentssequencetitlefont}
+% {\contentsindenttwoamount}
+% \putpagenumberincontentstrue
+% \t@xtnotesinfo{#1}
+% }
+% \catcode`\@=12
+% \end{verbatim}
 % \subsection{~Epigraphs, headnotes, attributions, dedications}
 % Notice that epigraphs to volumes are handled differently from 
 % epigraphs to poems.
@@ -4302,7 +4601,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
 % \subsection{~Commands to make notes and send info to contents} 
-% % \begin{macro}{\setlemmarange}
+% \begin{macro}{\setlemmarange}
 % |\setlemmarange| calculates the range of line numbers for multi-line 
 % lemmas.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
@@ -4325,7 +4624,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \makeatother}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
-% % \begin{macro}{\citerange}
+% \begin{macro}{\citerange}
 % |\citerange| sets the range of line numbers for multi-line lemmas
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\citerange}{%
@@ -4336,7 +4635,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \fi}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
-% % \begin{macro}{\resetlemmacounters}
+% \begin{macro}{\resetlemmacounters}
 % |\resetlemmacounters| resets the counts for multiline lemmas. 
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\resetlemmacounters}{\rangelemmafalse
@@ -4345,7 +4644,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
-% % \begin{macro}{\checknoteheaders}
+% \begin{macro}{\checknoteheaders}
 % |\checknoteheaders| Checks and corrects the values in the running 
 % headers of notes sections. The running headers are of the form 
 % ``Notes to pages xx--yy.'' Every title and every note checks 
@@ -4367,7 +4666,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
-% % \begin{macro}{\textnote}
+% \begin{macro}{\textnote}
 % The 
 % basic |\textnote{}| command, on which everything else is based, has 
 % several parts. First, it writes out a little program 
@@ -4474,7 +4773,7 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 % If there have not been prior notes, then a new paragraph must be 
 % opened and the page number and title of the poem set in the note 
 % section.
-% % \begin{macro}{\titletoothernotes}
+% \begin{macro}{\titletoothernotes}
 % |\titletoothernotes| sends the page and title information to the 
 % Emendations or Explanatory Notes sections. It is called only for 
 % the first emendation or explanatory note for a poem. It is designed 
@@ -4619,15 +4918,40 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \expandafter\newcommand\csname first#1\endcsname{
 \immediate\write\expandafter\csname#1s\endcsname{\titletoothernotes}}
 % 7. set up a command to write a note, complete with line numbers
-\expandafter\newcommand\csname #1\endcsname[2][0]{	      
-     \setlemmarange{##1}
-     \csname ifno#1yet\endcsname
-     \csname first#1\endcsname
-     \fi
-\global\csname no#1yetfalse\endcsname
-\immediate\write\expandafter\csname #1s\endcsname{\checknoteheaders}
-\csname literal#1\endcsname{##2}
-\resetlemmacounters}
+\expandafter\newcommand\csname #1\endcsname[2][0]{%
+     \setlemmarange{##1}%
+     \csname ifno#1yet\endcsname%
+     \csname first#1\endcsname%
+     \fi%
+\global\csname no#1yetfalse\endcsname%
+\immediate\write\expandafter\csname #1s\endcsname{\checknoteheaders}%
+\csname literal#1\endcsname{##2}%
+\resetlemmacounters%
+}
+% prose  version
+\expandafter\newcommand\csname prose#1\endcsname[3][0]{%                                               %	
+\unskip\proselinelabel{##2}%
+\setproselemmarange{##2}{##1}%
+\csname ifno#1yet\endcsname%
+\csname first#1\endcsname%
+\fi%
+\global\csname no#1yetfalse\endcsname%
+\immediate\write\expandafter\csname #1s\endcsname{\checkprosenoteheaders}%
+\csname literal#1\endcsname{##3}%
+\resetlemmacounters\unskip%
+}
+% pm version
+\expandafter\newcommand\csname pm#1\endcsname[2][0]{%                                                         	      
+     \setpmlemmarange{##1}%
+     \csname ifno#1yet\endcsname%
+     \csname first#1\endcsname%
+     \fi%
+\global\csname no#1yetfalse\endcsname%
+\immediate\write\expandafter\csname #1s\endcsname{\pmchecknoteheaders\string~}%
+\immediate\write\expandafter\csname #1s\endcsname{\pmciterange}%
+\csname literal#1\endcsname{##2}%
+\pmresetlemmacounters\unskip%
+} 
 % 8.  modify the end of the poem environment to reset the first
 % command per poem boolean (so that the page and title will be set in
 % the notes section when the first note is called for a poem)
@@ -4635,6 +4959,13 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \makeatletter
 \appendtomacro{\poem}{\global\expandafter\csname no#1yettrue\endcsname}
 \makeatother
+\makeatletter
+\appendtomacro{\prosesection}{\global\expandafter\csname no#1yettrue\endcsname}
+\makeatother
+\makeatletter
+\appendtomacro{\pmsection}{\global\expandafter\csname no#1yettrue\endcsname}
+\makeatother
+
 % 9. command for closing the output file
 %  command for reading in and printing the output file
 \expandafter\newcommand\csname put#1s\endcsname{
@@ -4687,7 +5018,10 @@ CONTENTS}\end{center}
 \else\ifnumbersswitch\rightlinenumbers*\setlength{\linenumbersep}{-\marginparsep}%
 \else\leftlinenumbers*\setlength{\linenumbersep}{\marginparsep}%
 \addtolength{\linenumbersep}{5pt}% seems about right
-\fi\fi}
+\fi\fi
+\noemendyettrue%
+\noexplainyettrue%
+}
 {\end{linenumbers}}
 \newenvironment{prosesectionnoreset}
 {\begin{linenumbers}%
@@ -4903,6 +5237,10 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\setprosebysentence}{\prosebysentencetrue%
 }
+\newenvironment{pmsection}{
+\noemendyettrue%
+\noexplainyettrue%
+}{}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % Formatting for sentence numbers in the running text and in the 
 % margin.
@@ -4913,21 +5251,38 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 \newcommand{\setpmmodulo}[1]{\setcounter{pmmodulo}{#1}%
 \addtocounter{pmmodulo}{-1}%
 }
-\newcommand{\pmnumberstoleft}{\numbersswitchfalse\numbersrightfalse%
+\newcommand{\pmnumberstoleft}{%\catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchfalse%
+% \catcode`\@=12%
+% \reversemarginpar%             
+\numbersswitchfalse\numbersrightfalse%
 \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
 }
-\newcommand{\pmnumberstoright}{\numbersswitchfalse\numbersrighttrue%
+\newcommand{\pmnumberstoright}{%\catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchfalse%
+% \catcode`\@=12%
+% \normalmarginpar%
+\numbersswitchfalse\numbersrighttrue%
 \setlength{\marginparsep}{-18pt}
+% \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}
 }
 \newcommand{\pmnumbersswitch}{\strictpagechecktrue\numbersswitchtrue\numbersrightfalse%
 \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
 }
-\newcommand{\pmnumbersgutter}{\pmnumbersswitch%
-\reversesideparfalse\numbersguttertrue%
+\newcommand{\pmnumbersgutter}{%\catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchtrue%
+% \catcode`\@=12%
+% \normalmarginpar%
+\pmnumbersswitch%
+\pmclreversesideparfalse\numbersguttertrue%
 \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
 }
-\newcommand{\pmnumbersouter}{\pmnumbersswitch%
-\reversesidepartrue\numbersgutterfalse%
+\newcommand{\pmnumbersouter}{%\catcode`\@=11%
+% \@mparswitchtrue%
+% \catcode`\@=12%
+% \reversemarginpar%
+\pmnumbersswitch%
+\pmclreversesidepartrue\numbersgutterfalse%
 \setlength{\marginparsep}{18pt}%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}
@@ -4938,15 +5293,19 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 {\marginsentencenumberformat}}
 \newcommand{\putpmmarginnumber}[2]{%
 \nolinebreak\begin{marginenvironment}%
-  \nolinebreak
-  \ifnumbersswitch\sidepar{\hfil #2{#1}}%
-    \else 
-    \ifnumbersright\rightsidepar{\hfil #2{#1}}%
-      \else \leftsidepar{#2{#1}\hfil}%
-      \fi
-    \fi
-  \nolinebreak
-  \end{marginenvironment}\nolinebreak
+  \nolinebreak%
+  \ifnumbersswitch%\marginpar{\hfil #2{#1}}
+  \pmclsidepar{\hfil #2{#1}}%
+    \else% 
+    \ifnumbersright%\marginpar{\hfil #2{#1}}
+    \pmclrightsidepar{\hfil #2{#1}}%
+      \else% \marginpar{#2{#1}\hfil}
+      \pmclleftsidepar
+{#2{#1}\hfil}%
+      \fi%
+    \fi%
+  \nolinebreak%
+  \end{marginenvironment}\nolinebreak%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \begin{macro}{\pmsentence}
@@ -4957,23 +5316,28 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 \newcommand{\pmsentence}{%
 % increment sentence number at beginning of sentence
 \addtocounter{pmsentencenumber}{1}%
-\ifrunningsentencenumbers % add running number
+\ifrunningsentencenumbers% add running number
 \runningsentencenumberformat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \fi%
-\ifmarginsentencenumbers % add marginal number
+\ifmarginsentencenumbers% add marginal number
   \addtocounter{pmindexcount}{1}%
   \leavevmode%
-  \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
-      \putpmsentencenumber\nobreak%
+\ifthenelse{\value{pmindexcount}>\value{pmmodulo}}%
+{     \putpmsentencenumber\nobreak%
     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
-   \fi%
+}{\relax}%             
+%   \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
+%       \putpmsentencenumber\nobreak%
+%     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
+%    \fi%
 \fi%
 % create header for notes if any are to occur
 \ifpmparas%
 \global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmparagraph:\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \else%
-\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber:}%
+%\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber:}%
+\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber}                                                    
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \fi%
 }
@@ -4985,23 +5349,27 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 \newcommand{\pmsentencetwo}{%
 % increment sentence number at beginning of sentence
 \addtocounter{pmsentencenumber}{1}%
-\ifrunningsentencenumbers % add running number
+\ifrunningsentencenumbers% add running number
 \runningsentencenumberformat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \fi%
-\ifmarginsentencenumbers % add marginal number
+\ifmarginsentencenumbers% add marginal number
   \addtocounter{pmindexcount}{1}%
   \leavevmode%
-  \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
-      \putpmsentencenumbertwo\nobreak%
+\ifthenelse{\value{pmindexcount}>\value{pmmodulo}}%
+{     \putpmsentencenumbertwo\nobreak%
     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
-   \fi%
+}{\relax}%              
+%   \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
+%       \putpmsentencenumbertwo\nobreak%
+%     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
+%    \fi%
 \fi%
 % create header for notes if any are to occur
 \ifpmparas%
 \global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmparagraph:\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \else%
-\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber:}%
+\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \fi%
 }
@@ -5014,26 +5382,30 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 %    \begin{macro}{\pmsentencethree}
 % Kludge for the third sentence in a line.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand{\pmsentencethree}{
+\newcommand{\pmsentencethree}{%
 % increment sentence number at beginning of sentence
 \addtocounter{pmsentencenumber}{1}%
-\ifrunningsentencenumbers % add running number
+\ifrunningsentencenumbers% add running number
 \runningsentencenumberformat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \fi%
-\ifmarginsentencenumbers % add marginal number
+\ifmarginsentencenumbers% add marginal number
   \addtocounter{pmindexcount}{1}%
   \leavevmode%
-  \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
-      \putpmsentencenumberthree\nobreak%
+\ifthenelse{\value{pmindexcount}>\value{pmmodulo}}%
+{     \putpmsentencenumberthree\nobreak%
     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
-   \fi%
+}{\relax}%              
+%   \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
+%       \putpmsentencenumberthree\nobreak%
+%     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
+%    \fi%
 \fi%
 % create header for notes if any are to occur
 \ifpmparas%
 \global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmparagraph:\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \else%
-\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber:}%
+\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \fi%
 }
@@ -5045,26 +5417,30 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 %    \end{macro}
 %    \begin{macro}{\pmsentencefour}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand{\pmsentencefour}{
+\newcommand{\pmsentencefour}{%
 % increment sentence number at beginning of sentence
 \addtocounter{pmsentencenumber}{1}%
-\ifrunningsentencenumbers % add running number
+\ifrunningsentencenumbers% add running number
 \runningsentencenumberformat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \fi%
-\ifmarginsentencenumbers % add marginal number
+\ifmarginsentencenumbers% add marginal number
   \addtocounter{pmindexcount}{1}%
   \leavevmode%
-  \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
-      \putpmsentencenumberfour\nobreak%
+\ifthenelse{\value{pmindexcount}>\value{pmmodulo}}%
+{     \putpmsentencenumberfour\nobreak%
     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
-   \fi%
+}{\relax}%              
+%   \ifnum\thepmindexcount>\thepmmodulo%
+%       \putpmsentencenumberfour\nobreak%
+%     \setcounter{pmindexcount}{0}%
+%    \fi%
 \fi%
 % create header for notes if any are to occur
 \ifpmparas%
 \global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmparagraph:\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \else%
-\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber:}%
+\global\edef\noteheaderconcat{\thepmsentencenumber}%
 \pmnoteheader=\expandafter{\noteheaderconcat}%
 \fi%
 }
@@ -5380,7 +5756,7 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 % |\marginpar|, do not float. This code is modelled after code from 
 % the memoir class, by Peter Wilson.
 % 
-% \begin{macro}{\leftsidepar}
+% \begin{macro}{\pmclleftsidepar}
 % As in the memoir class, these sidepars do not float.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newdimen\pmclsavsk
@@ -5399,31 +5775,51 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
       \ignorespaces
     \fi
   \fi}
-\newlength{\pmclsideparvshift}
-%   \setlength{\pmclsideparvshift}{-2.08ex}% seems to work for all font sizes
-\setlength{\pmclsideparvshift}{-2.58ex}%
-\newcommand{\leftsidepar}[1]{%
-\pmclbsphack\leavevmode\vadjust{% %
-    \rlap{\kern-\parindent%
-	  \kern -\marginparsep \kern -\marginparwidth % at left
-      \vbox to 0pt{%
-       \kern \pmclsideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
-       \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
-	#1%
-	\end{minipage}%
-    \vss}}}\pmclesphack%
-}
-\newcommand{\rightsidepar}[1]{%
-\pmclbsphack\leavevmode\vadjust{% %
-    \rlap{\kern-\parindent%
-	  \kern \textwidth \kern -\marginparsep        % at right
-      \vbox to 0pt{%
-       \kern \pmclsideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
-       \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
-	#1%
-	\end{minipage}%
-    \vss}}}\pmclesphack%
-}
+% \newcommand{\pmclleftsidepar}[1]{%
+% \pmclbsphack\leavevmode\vadjust{%
+%     \rlap{\kern-\parindent%
+% 	  \kern -\marginparsep \kern -\marginparwidth % at left
+%       \vbox to 0pt{%
+%        \kern \pmclsideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
+%        \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
+% 	#1%
+% 	\end{minipage}%
+%     \vss}}}\pmclesphack%
+% } % version 2.44
+\newcommand{\pmclleftsidepar}[1]{%
+\pmclbsphack\strut\vadjust{% changed
+\rlap{\kern-\parindent%
+\kern -\marginparsep \kern -\marginparwidth% at left
+%       \vbox to 0pt{%
+%        \kern \pmclsideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
+%        \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
+\setbox0=\vtop to 0pt{% added
+\begin{minipage}[t]{\marginparwidth}% added
+#1%
+\end{minipage}%
+%     \vss}}}\pmclesphack%
+\vss}% changed
+\vtop to 0pt{\kern\pmclsideparvshift % default should be 0pt 
+\kern-\dp\strutbox \kern-\ht0 \box0 \vss}}}\pmclesphack}% changed
+
+\newcommand{\pmclrightsidepar}[1]{%
+% \pmclbsphack\leavevmode\vadjust{%
+\pmclbsphack\strut\vadjust{%
+\rlap{\kern-\parindent%
+% 	  \kern \textwidth \kern -\marginparsep        % at right
+\kern\textwidth\kern\marginparsep% at right
+%       \vbox to 0pt{%
+%        \kern \pmclsideparvshift%           % vertical shift to align top text lines
+%        \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
+\setbox0=\vtop to 0pt{% added
+\begin{minipage}[t]{\marginparwidth}% added
+#1%
+\end{minipage}%
+%     \vss}}}\pmclesphack%
+\vss}% changed
+\vtop to 0pt{\kern\pmclsideparvshift% default should be 0pt 
+\kern-\dp\strutbox \kern-\ht0 \box0 \vss}}}\pmclesphack}% changed
+
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
   
@@ -5569,7 +5965,7 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
   \nolinebreak
 %  \marn{\hfil\textrm{\theverselinenumber}}
 %  \marginpar{\hfil\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}
-  \leftsidepar{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%  
+  \pmclleftsidepar{\textrm{\scriptsize\theverselinenumber}}%  
   \nolinebreak
   \end{marginenvironment}%
   \nolinebreak
@@ -5634,7 +6030,7 @@ r@#2\endcsname{}{}\@nil
 \newcommand{\synchrolabel}[1]{\poemlinelabel{#1}}
 \newcommand{\hfilll}{\hskip 0pt plus 1 filll}
 \newcommand{\synchroref}[1]{%
-\rightsidepar{{\textrm{\scriptsize[\the\synchroflag\ref{#1}]}}}%
+\pmclrightsidepar{{\textrm{\scriptsize[\the\synchroflag\ref{#1}]}}}%
 %  \hfill\rlap{{\textrm{\scriptsize[\the\synchroflag\ref{#1}]}}}                           
 %  \ifnum\theprintlineindex=\thelineindexrepeat
 %  \hspace{-7pt}