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@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
page number is stepped, using the
<a href="FAQ-addtoreset.html">LaTeX internal mechanism</a>. Sadly, the place
in the document where the page number is stepped is unpredictable, not
-(&ldquo;tidily&rdquo;) at the end of the printed page; so the link only ever
-works by luck.
+(&ldquo;tidily&rdquo;) at the end of the printed page; so changing the footnote
+number only ever works by &lsquo;luck&rsquo;.
<p/>As a result, resetting footnotes is inevitably a complicated process,
using labels of some sort. It&rsquo;s nevertheless important, given the
common requirement for footnotes marked by symbols (with painfully
-small symbol sets). There are three packages that manage it, one way
+small symbol sets). There are four packages that manage it, one way
or another.
<p/>The <i>perpage</i> package provides a general mechanism for
resetting counters per page, so can obviously be used for this task.
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ The interface is pretty simple: <code>\</code><code>MakePerPage{footnote}</code>
do the job. If you want to restart the counter at something other
than 1 (for example to avoid something in the LaTeX footnote symbol
list), you can use: <code>\</code><code>MakePerPage[2]{footnote}</code>. It&rsquo;s a
-first-rate package, small and efficient
+first-rate package, small and efficient.
+<p/>The <i>zref</i> package provides the same facilities with its
+<code>perpage</code> module, which defines a command <code>\</code><code>zmakeperpage</code>
+whose syntax is identical to that of <i>perpage</i>, above. You can
+load the module by <code>\</code><code>usepackage[perpage]{zref}</code> (or as
+<code>\</code><code>usepackage{zref-perpage}</code>, if your needs so require &mdash;
+look at <i>zref</i>&rsquo;s documentation for details).
<p/>The <i>footmisc</i> package provides a variety of means of
controlling footnote appearance, among them a package option
<code>perpage</code> that adjusts the numbering per page; if you&rsquo;re
@@ -30,9 +36,12 @@ nothing else). With the competition from <i>perpage</i>, it&rsquo;s
probably not particularly useful any more. (Documentation is
<i>footnpag-user.pdf</i> in the distribution.)
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>footmisc.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc.zip">macros/latex/contrib/footmisc</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>footnpag.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footnpag.zip">macros/latex/contrib/footnpag</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footnpag.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footnpag/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>perpage.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>footmisc.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc.zip">macros/latex/contrib/footmisc</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>footnpag.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footnpag.zip">macros/latex/contrib/footnpag</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/footnpag/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>perpage.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>zref.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as a collection member in <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek.zip">macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>zref-perpage.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as a collection member in
+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek.zip">macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=footnpp">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=footnpp</a>
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