Reg: Need spanned footnote in twocolumn layout

[Kumaresh PS]

Hi TeXies,

Can anyone suggest me how to span the footnote in two column in
twocolumn layout, see below for sample:

-----------------------------------------------------------
This is column one This is column two
This is column one This is column two
This is column one This is column two
This is column one This is column two
This is column one This is column two
This is column one This is column two
This is column one This is column two
______
This is a footnote span two column
-----------------------------------------------------------

Kumaresh PS

[Steve Checkoway]

On Nov 25, 8:22 pm, Kumaresh PS <pskumares...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi TeXies,
>
> Can anyone suggest me how to span the footnote in two column in
> twocolumn layout, see below for sample:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
Blah blah blah\footnote{Here you go, this should span multiple
columns. It's really, quite exciting, isn't it?}

\lipsum
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

--
Steve Checkoway

[Kumaresh PS]

> Steve Checkoway

Hi,

Thanks for your prompt response. This is working fine.

But, is there any way to get the same output without using "multicols"
as per the below method:

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}

Blah blah blah\footnote{Here you go, this should span multiple
columns. It's really, quite exciting, isn't it?}

\lipsum
\end{document}

I am awaiting your all valid suggestion.

Kumaresh PS

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

You can copy the contents of multicols.sty (minus a few lines that
define it as a package) and put it in your document (probably it'll be
necessary to use \makeatletter and \makeatother).

What's the problem with using the multicols package?

--
For every vision there is an equal and opposite revision.

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
edu...@kalinowski.com.br

[Robin Fairbairns]

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <edu...@kalinowski.com.br> writes:
>Kumaresh PS wrote:
>>> Steve Checkoway

>> Thanks for your prompt response. This is working fine.
>>
>> But, is there any way to get the same output without using "multicols"
>> as per the below method:
>>
>> \documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
>> \usepackage{lipsum}
>> \begin{document}
>> Blah blah blah\footnote{Here you go, this should span multiple
>> columns. It's really, quite exciting, isn't it?}
>>
>> \lipsum
>> \end{document}
>>
>> I am awaiting your all valid suggestion.
>
>You can copy the contents of multicols.sty (minus a few lines that
>define it as a package) and put it in your document (probably it'll be
>necessary to use \makeatletter and \makeatother).

that's a bit extreme -- it's rather a large package, not something i
would want to trail about with any document of mine.

>What's the problem with using the multicols package?

in-column figures (or rather, their absence)?

to the op: i don't know of any code that will do this. it would
involve grubby work inside the output routine, i suspect: not the sort
of thing to be undertaken lightly without very strong reasoning to
back up the request.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge