2015-05-17 14:04 GMT+02:00 Jürgen Spitzmüller: > This does not work with XeTeX/polyglossia either, so I suspect the class > is not compatible with polyglossia. >
The culprit is this definition in aastex.cls:
\newcommand\notetoeditor[1]{%
\stepcounter{editornote}%
\begingroup
\def\protect{\noexpand\protect\noexpand}%
\xdef\@thefnmark{\theeditornote}% <---- HERE IS THE PROBLEM
\endgroup
\@footnotemark\@footnotetext{NOTE TO EDITOR: #1}%
}%
Jürgen
