continuous footnotes

[thaero17058]

Hello

How can we add equal sign ( = ) at end of the first page of a continuous footnotes and at the beginning of the second page of continuous footnotes .

and how can we automate this .

Example :

Can you help me please .

[Mike Witherell]

Several questions come to mind:

Why do this?  It is highly non-standard.

What version of InDesign are you using? What OS?

[thaero17058]

because of client

CS6

windows 10

[Mike Witherell]

On the one hand, it isn't done that way, but a paying client can be persuasive, I do realize!

Further, InDesign does not have a capacity for this.

It might be scriptable, but I rather doubt it. What the InDesign Scripting community comes up with often amazes me, tho.

[thaero17058]

Thanks

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Join the Rebellion! … If needed, light-saber hit again (layout changes)!

/*
    0127_TwoPagesFootnote_MichelAllio.jsx
    Script written by Michel Allio [2017/03/18]
*/
app.doScript("main()", ScriptLanguage.javascript, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "2-Pages Footnote! …");
function main()     
    { 
        var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
        myDoc.conditionalTextPreferences.showConditionIndicators = ConditionIndicatorMode.HIDE_INDICATORS;
        // TO BE MODIFIED! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        var myFootnotePStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("Footnote"),
        myTracking = -10,  myHorizontalScale = 99;
        // CREATED BY SCRIPT! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        if (!myDoc.conditions.item("2-pages_Footnote").isValid) myDoc.conditions.add ({name: "2-pages_Footnote", indicatorMethod: ConditionIndicatorMethod.USE_HIGHLIGHT, indicatorColor: [255,255,255]});
        var myCondition = "2-pages_Footnote";
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
        app.findGrepPreferences.appliedConditions = [myCondition];
        myDoc.changeGrep();
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
        app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myFootnotePStyle;
        myFound = myDoc.findGrep();
        var F = myFound.length;
        for (var f = 0; f < F; f++) {
            var myLines = myFound.lines,
            L = myLines.length;
            for (var l = 1; l < L; l++) {
                var myLine = myLines;
                if ( myLines[l-1].characters[-1].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage !== myLines.characters[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage ) {
                    var myLine0 = myLines[l-1],
                    myLine1 = myLines;
                    myLines[l-1].characters[-1].contents = "\u2002= =\u2002";
                    myLine0.tracking = myLine1.tracking = myTracking;
                    myLine0.horizontalScale = myLine1.horizontalScale = myHorizontalScale;
                }
            }
        }
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
        app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~>= =~>";
        app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedConditions = [myCondition];
        myDoc.changeGrep();
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    }

(^/) 

[Laubender]

Hi Obi-wan,

your script will not work as expected, if the two == are a substitute for a hyphen.

I already asked this here in the InDesign scripting forum:

Re: continuous footnotes

Before running your script:

After running:

You see, that a character is missing.
That would also be the case after re-running the script on non-hyphenation situations after the text were edited so that the two = moved away.

I would do it with a different concept in mind:
Do not change the text of a footnote, instead add the two = with some extra text frames that cover a potential hyphen also using text wrap to give room to the new two characters.

Just to give you an idea without scripting anything:

Before:

After:

Changing the view:

Regards,
Uwe

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Uwe,

i don't really know if the op talk us about an hyphenation sustitute!

If the case, maybe a way would be to avoid hyphenation between the two parts of the footnote!  😉

(^/)

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

In my script approach, I've forgotten to reset the tracking/horizontal scaling at the beginning of the script!

Maybe a better way to treat this point would be using the insertion of 2 non-joiners associated to 2 grep styles! 😉

On this point, I've a question for you: i've no problem to check a condition or a char style (to create them if they don't exist yet in the doc), but how could I check a nested grep style? Add one is easy but verify if it exist? Thanks!

(^/)

[Laubender]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Obi-wan+Kenobi  wrote

… On this point, I've a question for you: i've no problem to check a condition or a char style (to create them if they don't exist yet in the doc), but how could I check a nested grep style? Add one is easy but verify if it exist? Thanks!

(^/)

That would be a perfect question for the InDesign Scripting forum 🙂

Regards,
Uwe

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Yeap! Going to post it!  =D

(^/)

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Uwe,

I confirm about this point:

Uncheck the "Césure sur la colonne" radio button!

I think the op only wants to show to the reader a footnote jumps on 2 pages!

(^/) 

[Laubender]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Obi-wan+Kenobi  wrote

… I think the op only wants to show to the reader a footnote jumps on 2 pages!…

Then I'd perhaps do it at the end of a paragraph or a line where the text ends with a sentence.

If you think of a scripted solution, do not forget about a situation where a footnote jumps from one column to another one on the same page.

Regards,
Uwe

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

… More and more complex! 

Including a "page" check! 

(^/)

[Mike Witherell]

I adore you guys for the scripting magic, but I wish you wouldn't enable the OP to make something that looks like this!