I managed to get what I wanted - a sort of
margin notes that works from inside floats.
They are one line, must be used at the
beginning of a text line, and may
overlap if there's many of them. Still, they
work for me. \makebox and \raisebox with 0 size
is used so the note won't disturb the
current text position.
Helge Hafting
\newcommand{\floatmarginlineright}[1]{%
\makebox[0mm][l]{\raisebox{0mm}[0mm][0mm]{%
\hspace{\textwidth}\hspace{\marginparsep}%
\makebox[\marginparwidth][l]{\small\sffamily{}#1}}}}
\newcommand{\floatmarginlineleft}[1]{%
\makebox[0mm][l]{\raisebox{0mm}[0mm][0mm]{%
\hspace{-\marginparsep}\hspace{-\marginparwidth}%
\makebox[\marginparwidth][r]{\small\sffamily{}#1}}}}
%this one always goes in the outer margin
\newcommand{\floatmarginline}[1]{%
\ifthenelse{\isodd{\value{page}}}%
{\floatmarginlineright{#1}}%
{\floatmarginlineleft{#1}}}
