> To be honest, I wouldn't worry about the \makeatletter nonsense; it > really > isn't at the heart of your problem. If you are getting an \hbox that > is > overfull > by over 381pt (5.27"), the numbers have all but disappeared, and the > text > appears to be cut, then John Was's suggestion that an indentation of > ten > inches might not have been what you intended may well be the cause.
My source is frenchb.ldf! Please take a look at this piece of code from frenchb.ldf dealing with footnotes: \newcommand*{\dotFFN}{.} \newcommand*{\kernFFN}{\kern .5em} \newdimen\parindentFFN \parindentFFN=10in \def\ftnISsymbol{\@fnsymbol\c@footnote} \long\def\@makefntextFB#1{\ifx\thefootnote\ftnISsymbol \@makefntextORI{#1}% \else \parindent=\parindentFFN \rule\z@\footnotesep \setbox\@tempboxa\hbox{\@thefnmark}% \ifdim\wd\@tempboxa>\z@ \llap{\@thefnmark}\dotFFN\kernFFN \fi #1 \fi}% \AtBeginDocument{\@ifpackageloaded{bigfoot}{}% {\ifdim\parindentFFN<10in \else \parindentFFN=\parindent \ifdim\parindentFFN<1.5em\parindentFFN=1.5em\fi \fi \let\@makefntextORI\@makefntext \long\def\@makefntext#1{% \ifFBFrenchFootnotes \@makefntextFB{#1}% \else \@makefntextORI{#1}% \fi}% }% } -- Alessandro Ceschini -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex