[latexusersgroup] footnotetext inside minipage gives error:

[Mathieu Zhang]

I have the following code:

> \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
> \footnotetext[1]{abc}
> \end{minipage}

that's giving this error:

> ! LaTeX Error: Command \itshape invalid in math mode.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type H <return> for immediate help.
> ...
>
> l.104 \footnotetext[1]{abc}

..but there is no math mode involved! What's going on here?

-- MZ

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[Peter Flynn]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Mathieu Zhang <ling...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have the following code:

> \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
>    \footnotetext[1]{abc}
> \end{minipage}

that's giving this error:

> ! LaTeX Error: Command \itshape invalid in math mode.

It doesn't do that here: this works fine --

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
    \footnotetext[1]{abc}
\end{minipage}

\end{document}

You must be using some packages you haven't told us about. Make a minimal example we can test.
 

..but there is no math mode involved! What's going on here?

You must provide more information about what you are doing: we can't guess.

///Peter