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I would like to set the width of the columns in the footnotes individually. With \hsizetwocolX[B]{0.5\hsize} both columns are set simultaneously. In my example, all footnotes would fit into one line if the colums were .45\textwidth and .55\textwidth, respectively.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \RequirePackage{reledmac} \RequirePackage{lipsum} \arrangementX[B]{twocol} \hsizetwocolX[B]{0.5\hsize} \begin{document} Some text\footnoteB{A footnote less than .5\textbackslash textwidth}. More text\footnoteB{A footnote less than .5\textbackslash textwidth}. Some more text% \footnoteB{And a footnote slightly wider than .5\textbackslash textwidth}. Lipsum[75] to illustrate \textbackslash textwidth: \lipsum[75] \end{document} 

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  • How do I control the footnotes' columnwidth separately?
  • Alternatively, is it possible to have the two columns overlap by .05\textwidth?
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  • It is not possible without overrident internal code. Commented Jan 27 at 9:53
  • @Maïeul Ok, thank you. I am really bad at reading LaTeX code. Where is the starting point of the second column calculated? Is it not possible for a quick-and-dirty solution to interfere only in that calculation and add -.05\textwidth? That should not interfere in all the other calculations, or does it? Then I could just set \hsizetwocolX[B]{0.55\hsize} Commented Jan 27 at 10:11
  • Open a issue on github, maybe I would have time for this. But why do you need that? Commented Jan 27 at 23:04
  • @Maïeul I'd like it for the aesthetics. Right now there is a lot of space between the two footnote colums, because most footnotes are very short. If I decrease the width, the few longer footnotes span multiple rows, resulting in a lot of white space below the footnote rule. If I increase the width, the white space between the footnotes is increased and the longer footnotes in the right column bleed into the margin. Commented Jan 28 at 8:29
  • But thank you very much for your offer! I'll add a bounty to this question. Unfortunately, I am unfamiliar with github... Commented Jan 28 at 8:38

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