Hello,
Matej Cepl wrote:
>
>
> Just a question (not only to you, but rather to more general public
> on the list :-):
>
> What are the endnotes for in the first place?
I don't know if there is a general answer to your
question, anyhow I was in need of them for writing
an epidemiological review. In those reviews you
need them because of prevailing conventions in the
field of sciences (like medcine and so on). If
more deeply interested have look at the journals !
>I am certain that there
> must be a reason for them, but it is very unclear to me -- I always
> hate when I have to browse repeatedly through a book just to read
> what could be easily placed (in the time of DTP or even LaTeX) in
> the bottom of the page, where it could be read instantly without any
> fuss.
I agree to you but nevertheless I took them to
came across with my teacher who is acustomed to
them ! Practically I also dislike endnotes because
of the resulting discomfort while reading papers.
:-((
> I am certain, that I must be wrong in my hate of endnotes
> (especially, the ones in the end of chapter -- these are the worst)
> when all those page-designers knowing much better than myself
> their job (I have just downloaded package kluwer from Kluwer
> Academic Publishers, which expressly forbids using footnotes at all --
> everything should into endnotes), but I am totally confused,
> because I cannot see any clever reason for such policy.
Finally I guess I really don't why using endnotes,
except typographical conventions prevailing sine
generations !? :-)))
>Any thoughts?
>
> Matej
bye
Thomas
