[Tex/LaTex] Options for “footmisc” package

package-options

Is there a command for footmisc similar to siunitx's \sisetup for setting options in another way than via \usepackage[<options>]{footmisc}?

I can't find anything in the manual.

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No, there isn't any other way for selecting options other than passing them at loading time.

The package redefines several commands and it wouldn't make sense to change the setup mid document. Perhaps there could be an interface for symbol or symbol*, but playing with the options that change the formatting or placement of footnotes mid document would most certainly make LaTeX crash disgracefully.

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[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX3: how to access package options

First, bear in mind that what we are talking about is LaTeX3 syntax on top of LaTeX2e. That means that LaTeX2e conventions apply to some extent. In particular, LaTeX2e expands options and removes spaces. So you have to be a little wary in what you set up as load-time package options.

Now, as LaTeX2e is still actually doing the processing, the main macros remain: \DeclareOption and \ProcessOptions. However, if you want to create key-value options you are best off loading the support package l3keys2e. This enables you you process LaTeX2e package or class options using the key-value system provided by expl3. What you then need to do is a two-step process:

Declare keys for your package using \keys_define:nn
Process the package options using \ProcessKeysOptions

You might therefore have something like

\RequirePackage{l3keys2e}
\ProvidesExplPackage{mypkg}{2011/04/14}{0.0}{A demo}
\keys_define:nn { mypkg }
  {
    option-1 .code:n = some-code-here ,
    option-2 .code:n = some-other-code-here
  }
\ProcessKeysOptions { mypkg }
...

Any key which is declared before \ProcessKeysOptions is treated as a potential package option (this is true for other key-value approaches to package options).

[Tex/LaTex] Best practice for setting package options through class options

You can use \geometry and options therein multiple times. So for this application I suggest something like

\DeclareOption{myopt}{%
  \AtEndOfPackage{\geometry{paperwidth=3cm,paperheight=9cm}}}

\ProcessOptions\relax
\RequirePackage{geometry}
\geometry{paperwidth=12cm,paperheight=12cm} % default

In more general cases it may be more difficult, because options are executed in the order they are listed in the package, when it calls \ProcessOptions.

So if packageB.sty declares x and nox in this order (later using \ProcessOptions, not \ProcessOptions*) and you say in packageA.sty

\DeclareOption{x}{\PassOptionsToPackage{x}{packageB}}
\DeclareOption{nox}{\PassOptionsToPackage{nox}{packageB}}

\ExecuteOptions{nox}
\ProcessOptions\relax
\RequirePackage{packageB}

then nox will be executed last by packageB no matter if you call packageA with the x option.

So a more precise answer depends on "real world" situations.

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