Package reledmac Error: edtext without Xfootnote

Question

Can someone point me at the reason for this?

See the reledmac package documentation for explanation.

The reledmac documentation mentions \Xfootnote but doesn't say what it is, where I get it, or what it can do (nor why I can't use \edtext without it).

Mnon-WE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{reledmac}
\begin{document}
\beginnumbering
\pstart
stuff \edtext{in}{on} my notes
\pend
\endnumbering
\end{document}

I have obviously misunderstood something, but I can't see what.

Answer 1

Xfootnote mean... \Afootnote, or \Bfootnote of \Cfootnote etc.

By default, there five level of footnote with reledmac (that is explained in § 6.2 of the handbook).

to associate a footnote to a lemma, reledmac need to determine which level of footnote is concerned.

So

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{reledmac}
\begin{document}
\beginnumbering
\pstart
stuff \edtext{in}{\Afootnote{footnote on level A}\Bfootnote{footnote B}} my notes
\pend
\endnumbering
\end{document}

You can create your own command to call directly one predefined level.

\newcommand{\mynote}[2]{%
  #1%
}{\Bfootnote{#1}}

And then do

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{reledmac}
\begin{document}
\beginnumbering
\pstart
stuff \mynote{in}{on} my notes
\pend
\endnumbering
\end{document}