[texhax] Footnotes: Numbering

[Joel Coltoff]

Philip G. Ratcliffe wrote:
>> footmisc offers a layout command, but why load a package
>> when a single \newcommand line suffices?
> 
> Yeh, just keep re-inventing the wheel!

Re-inventing the wheel is a great idea. Re-inventing the
flat tire isn't. There's an art to knowing when the job
is done.

     Perfection, then, is finally achieved, not when there
     is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left
     to take away.
        -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Happy holidays to you all.

- Joel