I would like two footnote threads:
- one that uses traditional American footnote symbols (such as *†‡§¶‖) and whose counter is reset every page
- one that uses continuous (Arabic numeral) numbering throughout the entire document.
I also like my footnote markers to be set into the margin, with a small separating space.
Let's start with a minimal example:
\documentclass{memoir}
\footmarkstyle{\textsuperscript{#1\ }} % to have an additional space after footnote marks (not easily possible with the footmisc package)
\setlength{\footmarkwidth}{-1sp} \setlength{\footmarksep}{0em} % same effect as \usepackage[flushmargin]{footmisc}
\counterwithout{footnote}{chapter} % continuous numbering of footnotes across chapters
\begin{document}
\chapter{Introduction}
This is dummy text.\footnote{This numeric footnote should be prefixed by the counter 1, as it currently is.}
\chapter{Document body}
This is dummy text.\footnote{This numeric footnote should be prefixed by the counter 2, as it currently is.}
This is dummy text.\footnote{I want this footnote to be introduced by the symbol \(^{*}\) and be placed above the previous footnote, even though it comes later in the text.}
\end{document}
Basically, the last footnote should be symbolic and should appear above the numerical ones; in general a stack of symbolic ones should appear above a stack of numeric ones on any given page, without additional vertical separation.
(Bonus if there is an easy way for me to specify the symbol sequence.)
There is a related question, but this one is different in coverage and trickier.
Best Answer
The package
bigfoot
allows easily for this:The order in which the footnotes appear on the page is based on their declarations in the preamble.