I'm using the eledmac and eledpar packages for typesetting several critical editions. I have facing pages with the original foreign language on the left, even pages and the accompanying translation on the right, uneven pages.
The foreign text on the left pages has textual variants in the apparatus/footnote series, the translation has two separate series of footnotes with references and comments.
The problem now is that usually the translation and its footnotes take up lots of space while there is unused space on the left pages with the foreign text. Is there a way to let the footnotes belonging to a right page begin on a left facing page and then flow over to the right page (in the lower space for footnotes) when the left page is full?
Here is a current minimal example with all the footnotes on the pages they 'belong' to:
\documentclass[twoside,12pt,a4paper]{scrbook}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{eledmac}
\usepackage{eledpar}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setlength{\parindent}{2em}
\onehalfspacing
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\footparagraph{A}
\renewcommand*{\thefootnoteA}{\alph{footnoteA}}
\begin{document}
\begin{pages}
\begin{Leftside}
\beginnumbering\pstart
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, \edtext{consectetuer}{\Afootnote{insectetuer M}} adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum \edtext{sociis}{\Afootnote{socialis M}} natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla consequat massa quis enim. Donec pede justo, fringilla vel, aliquet nec, \edtext{vulputate}{\Afootnote{vultures}} eget, arcu. In enim justo, rhoncus ut, imperdiet a, venenatis vitae, justo. Nullam dictum \edtext{felis}{\Afootnote{felidae D}} eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus. Vivamus elementum semper nisi. Aenean vulputate eleifend tellus. \edtext{Aenean}{\Afootnote{Herculean T}} leo ligula, porttitor eu, consequat vitae, eleifend ac, enim. Aliquam lorem ante, dapibus in, viverra quis, feugiat a, tellus. Phasellus viverra nulla ut metus varius laoreet. Quisque rutrum.
Aenean imperdiet. Etiam ultricies nisi vel augue. Curabitur ullamcorper ultricies nisi. Nam eget dui. Etiam rhoncus. Maecenas tempus, tellus eget condimentum rhoncus, sem quam semper libero, sit amet adipiscing sem neque sed ipsum. Nam quam nunc, blandit vel, luctus pulvinar, hendrerit id, \edtext{lorem}{\Afootnote{ipsum Q}}. Maecenas nec odio et ante tincidunt tempus. Donec vitae sapien ut libero venenatis faucibus. Nullam quis ante. Etiam sit amet \edtext{orci}{\Afootnote{Orcs S}} eget eros faucibus tincidunt. Duis leo. Sed fringilla mauris sit amet nibh. Donec sodales sagittis magna. Sed consequat, leo eget bibendum sodales, augue velit cursus nunc.
\pend\endnumbering
\end{Leftside}
\begin{Rightside}
\beginnumbering\pstart
One morning, when Gregor Samsa\footnoteA{Obscure reference 1} woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding\footnoteB{Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean.} was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, a proper human room\footnoteB{One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen.} although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - Samsa\footnoteA{Obscure reference 2} was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.
A wonderful serenity\footnoteB{Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean.} has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - Samsa\footnoteA{Obscure reference 3} was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.
\pend\endnumbering
\end{Rightside}
\Pages
\end{pages}
\end{document}
In the end it should more like the pdf that is linked here. I was not sure if I'm allowed to link the pdfs of that website of professional typesetters here, hence the link.
I'm grateful for any ideas or suggestions.
Patrick
eledmac/elecparis designed to work. I'm pretty sure it would require a completely different implementation. – jon Oct 29 '13 at 3:23