# Modify footnote properties in optex

How do I modify the behavior of the footnote line and text with optex?

I'd like to change the width and height of the rule, and the footnotes to hang thus:

¹ Text text text
text text text
text text text


I've tried changing footnoterule, but it didn't work.

\def\footnoterule{\vfill % added this
\kern-3pt\hrule width 1cm \kern 2.6pt} % doesn't work

% \footnoterulewidth 1cm % doesn't work

\fnote{asdf}

\bye

• It's difficult to understand what you want to achieve with that \vfill. Jan 31 at 23:34
• @egreg, nothing in particular. I just copied it from a question here (tex.stackexchange.com/questions/573538/…). I just want to redefine footnoterule and make them hang. Feb 1 at 1:44
• Do you just want to change the length/width of the footnote rule, and have hanging footnote paragraphs? Feb 1 at 4:49
• @jarnosz, yes, that's it. Feb 1 at 9:20

\_def\_fnset{\everypar={\hangindent=1.5cc\hangafter=1}\_scalemain \_typoscale[800/800]}

\_def \_footnoterule {\_kern-3pt \_hrule width 1truein height 2pt \_kern 2.6pt }