\startcomponent ma-cb-en-footnotes \enablemode[**en-us] \project ma-cb \startchapter[title=Footnotes] \index{footnote} \Command{\tex{footnote}} \Command{\tex{setupfootnotes}} If you want to annotate your text you can use \type{\footnote}. The command looks like this: \shortsetup{footnote} The bracket pair is optional and contains a logical name. The curly braces contain the text you want to display at the foot of the page. The same footnote number can be called with its logical name. \shortsetup{note} If you have typed this text: \startbuffer The Hanse was a late medieval commercial alliance of towns in the regions of the North and the Baltic Sea. The association was formed for the furtherance and protection of the commerce of its members.\footnote[war]{This was the source of jealousy and fear among other towns that caused a number of wars.} In the Hanse period there was a lively trade in all sorts of articles such as wood, wool, metal, cloth, salt, wine and beer.\note[war] The prosperous trade caused an enormous growth of welfare in the Hanseatic towns.\footnote{Hasselt is one of these towns.} \stopbuffer \typebuffer It would look like this: \getbuffer The footnote numbering is done automatically. The command \type{\setupfootnotes} enables you to influence the display of footnotes: \shortsetup{setupfootnotes} Footnotes can be set at the bottom of a page but also at other locations, like the end of a chapter. This is done with the command: \shortsetup{placefootnotes} The footnotes will be placed at the end of your document with \type{\setupfootnotes[location=text]} in combination with \type{\placefootnotes} at the desired location. You can also couple footnotes to a table. In that case we speak of local footnotes. The commands are: \shortsetup{startlocalfootnotes} \shortsetup{placelocalfootnotes} An example illustrates the use of local footnotes: \startbuffer \placetable[][productivity] {Decline of Hasselt's productivity.\footnote{Source: {\em Uit de geschiedenis van Hasselt.}}} {\startlocalfootnotes \starttable[|l|c|c|c|c|] \HL \NC \NC Ovens \NC Blacksmiths \NC Breweries \NC Tile works\footnote{The factories that produced roof tiles.} \NC\SR \HL \NC 1682 \NC 15 \NC 9 \NC 3 \NC 2 \NC\FR \NC 1752 \NC ~6 \NC 4 \NC 0 \NC 0 \NC\LR \HL \NC \use5 \JustLeft{\placelocalfootnotes} \NC\FR \stoptable \stoplocalfootnotes} \stopbuffer \typebuffer This will result in \in{table}[productivity] with a local footnote. The footnote in the caption will appear at the bottom of the page. \getbuffer \stopchapter \stopcomponent