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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginparside.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginparside.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2746486f12f --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginparside.html @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label marginparside</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Getting <code>\</code><code>marginpar</code> on the right side</h3> +<p/>In an ideal world, marginal notes would be in “analogous” places on +every page: notes on an even-side page would be in the left margin, +while those on an odd-side page would be in the right margin. A +moment’s thought shows that a marginal note on the left needs to be +typeset differently from a marginal note on the right. The LaTeX +<code>\</code><code>marginpar</code> command therefore takes two arguments in a +<code>twoside</code> documents: +<code>\</code><code>marginpar[</code><em>left text</em><code>]{</code><em>right text</em><code>}</code>. LaTeX uses the +“obvious” test to +get the <code>\</code><code>marginpar</code>s in the correct margin, but a booby-trap arises +because TeX runs its page maker asynchronously. If a +<code>\</code><code>marginpar</code> is processed while page n is being built, but +doesn’t get used until page n+1, then the <code>\</code><code>marginpar</code> will turn +up on the wrong side of the page. This is an instance of a general +problem: see + +“<a href="FAQ-oddpage.html">finding if you’re on an odd or an even page</a>”. +<p/>The solution to the problem is for LaTeX to ‘remember’ which side +of the page each <code>\</code><code>marginpar</code> <em>should</em> be on. The +<i>mparhack</i> package does this, using label-like marks stored in +the <code>.aux</code> file; the <i>memoir</i> class does likewise. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>mparhack.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mparhack.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mparhack</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mparhack.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mparhack/">browse</a>) +</dl> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=marginparside">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=marginparside</a> +</body> |