I'm using reledmac for an edition project where the publisher wants me to use standard footnotes with alphabetical footnote marks for the critical notes. Therefore, I need to reset thefootnoteA when it passes over 25. Reledmac, however, does not accept \setcounter for normal footnotes after \begin{document}.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[series={A,B,C},nocritical,noend,noeledsec,noledgroup]{reledmac}
\usepackage{reledpar}
\renewcommand*{\thefootnoteA}{\alph{footnoteA}}
\newcommand{\VarL}[3]{% % 1 = Type; 2 = Var; 3 = Sig
\ifnum\value{footnoteA}>11\setcounter{footnoteA}{7}\fi
\textsuperscript{\thefootnoteA/}\footnoteA{\textit{#1} #2 \textit{#3}}%
}
\setcounter{footnoteA}{11} % <== Here, the setcounter is accepted
\begin{document}
\begin{pages}
\begin{Leftside}
\beginnumbering
\pstart
De hominis\VarL{}{Testnote 1}{} ergo anima\VarL{}{Testnote 2}{} nobis certamen est.
\pend
\endnumbering
\end{Leftside}
\begin{Rightside}
\beginnumbering
\pstart
Nostre different donc est de l'ame de l'homme.
\pend
\endnumbering
\end{Rightside}
\end{pages}
\Pages
\end{document}
Any thoughts on how to solve this?
Thanks in advance, Uza