Stefano Franchi writes:
> I tried to apply to marginpar the recent suggestion about the quotation
> environment:
>
> > Or a bit easier (and more generalizable):
>
> > \newcommand*{\OriginalQuotation}{}
> > \let\OriginalQuotation\quotation
> > \renewcommand*{\quotation}{\OriginalQuotation\small}
>
> to produce smaller font margin notes as follows:
>
> \newcommand*{\OriginalMarginpar}{}
> \let\OriginalMarginpar\marginpar
> \renewcommand*{\marginpar}{\OriginalMarginpar\small}
>
> But it does not work ;-( In fact, the commands swallow up the margin note
> completely. Is there anything I am doing wrong ? Or perhaps this method
> cannot
> be applied to margin notes?
The problem here is that \marginpar is a command rather than an environment.
Try the following:
\let\oldmarginpar\marginpar
\def\marginpar#1{\oldmarginpar{\tiny #1}}
--
Enrico
