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LuaLaTeX Footnote Maze

September 1, 2025
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LuaLaTeX Footnote Maze #

UPDATE 2025-12-04: Sidebar Footnote Collision Problem #

Testing revealed a critical issue: when a sidebar with footnotes barely fits on a page, the footnotes can collide with the sidebar content. The sidebar itself fits, but the combination of sidebar plus footnotes exceeds available space, causing collisions with page content and page numbers.

The problem occurs regardless of sidebar length. Tests with varying sidebar sizes—from compact to extended—all demonstrated collisions when the total height (sidebar + footnotes) was just over the page limit.

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