# How to use have a single footnote for multiple markers?

I want to mark some of the items with a dagger, but have a single footnote text for them all. I have the following now:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\newcounter{daggerfootnote}
\newcommand*{\daggerfootnote}[1]{%
\setcounter{daggerfootnote}{\value{footnote}}%
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}%
\footnote[2]{#1}%
\setcounter{footnote}{\value{daggerfootnote}}%
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}%
}
\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
\item Test 1\daggerfootnote{Test footnote}
\item Test 2
\item Test 3\daggerfootnote{}
\end{itemize}

\end{document}


The problem with this is that it puts multiple footnotes. However, I want to have a single footnote for all the places I mark with dagger. How can I achieve this?

• How would be marked the usual footnotes, if any? Jan 2 '21 at 19:58
• Looks like you maybe want fixfoot for the task. Or maybe sepfootnotes Jan 2 '21 at 20:44

For the second and further occurrence you can just print the dagger symbol as math superscript:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[height=5cm]{geometry}

\newcounter{daggerfootnote}
\newcommand*{\daggerfootnote}[1]{%
\setcounter{daggerfootnote}{\value{footnote}}%
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}%
\footnote[2]{#1}%
\setcounter{footnote}{\value{daggerfootnote}}%
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}%
}
\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
\item Test 1\daggerfootnote{Test footnote}
\item Test 2
\item Test 3${}^\dagger$
\end{itemize}

\end{document}