Re: Let \footnote do the job of \footnote, \footnoteGrob, \autoFootnote and \autoFootnoteGrob (issue 5527058)

[mike]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:28:46 +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> On 2012/01/10 13:18:03, dak wrote:
> > On 2012/01/10 12:59:21, Reinhold wrote:
> > > LGTM.
> > >
> > > From a lazy user's POV, I don't like that I now have to use 
> > \default
> for
> > > auto-numbering (which is th typical case)...
>
> > It is the same as with \mark (we don't have \autoMark either).  One
> might
> > consider moving the footnote mark argument to last position
>
> Actually, one could juggle the order of arguments around such that 
> the
> optional arguments can't be confused with the next argument.  Like
> putting the footnote mark first, position next, Grob spec next, 
> footnote
> text last.  In that manner, you could leave off either Grob spec or
> footnote mark without needing to say \default.  And even if one 
> writes
> \default for autonumbering, having it directly after the command will
> look more like \mark.

This is a good idea - I should have done it this way from the get-go, 
but I had no clue about the whats/whys/wheres of \default.

Is there any chance that this type of change could be written as a 
smart convert-ly rule?  Assuming that people don't use # for purposes 
other than indicating Scheme arguments in their footnote making, 
scanning a string for "#" should show where the arguments are and then 
they can be swapped around.

Cheers,
MS