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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 index b0b9d1769d3..735ff13d8d0 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginparside.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginparside.html @@ -2,24 +2,24 @@ <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 +<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 +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 +“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 +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 +“<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. |