Use verse environment in footnote

Question

When a verse environment is put in a footnote, it starts a new line, leaving a blank line at the top. How can I start the verse in the first line?

A MWE

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\ldots\ the opening lines of Vergil's Aeneid.\footnote{
\begin{verse}
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris\\
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit\\
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto\\
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;\\
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, \\
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,\\
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
\end{verse}
}
More text \ldots
\end{document}

verse

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '15 at 04:18

1

verse is a list which inserts topsep at the start. That, together a \baselineskip corrects the vertical placement:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\ldots\ the opening lines of Vergil's Aeneid.\footnote{%
\begin{verse}
  \vspace{-\dimexpr\baselineskip+\topsep}
  Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris\\
  Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit\\
  litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto\\
  vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;\\
  multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, \\
  inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,\\
  Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
\end{verse}
}
More text \ldots
\end{document}

answered Apr 06 '15 at 04:18

Werner

603,163

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@noir: If you use \topsep, then yes. That is, don't use a fixed "guess" for \topsep, as it may change depending on where the list is issued. Also, using enumitem might ease your spacing needs since it provides a topsep key-value option. – Werner Apr 06 '15 at 05:11
you might want to mention that the use of \dimexpr requires etoolbox. – barbara beeton Apr 06 '15 at 13:21
@barbarabeeton: You mean e-TeX? – Werner Apr 06 '15 at 14:55
i guess maybe \dimexpr is in e-tex; i've just not had to use it since e-tex became the default, so looked for it and found it in etoolbox.sty. glad to be set straight. – barbara beeton Apr 06 '15 at 16:07
@barbarabeeton: See What are benefits of e-TeX for LaTeX users? – Werner Apr 07 '15 at 17:45
thanks, @werner, i really should follow my own usual advice to "read the documentation". – barbara beeton Apr 07 '15 at 18:55

Use verse environment in footnote

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