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If I use a float in the same page where I have the paracol environment, the floats get placed where it is irrespective from the argument. See my MWE. The float on page 1 should be at the bottom, like the one in page 2, but it stays at the top. Why? (If I comment out the paracol all goes well)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[]{lipsum}
\usepackage{paracol}

\begin{document}


\begin{figure}[b]
   Some text that should go at the bottom.
\end{figure}


\columnratio{0.65}
  \begin{paracol}{2}
  \sloppy
  \noindent
  Some text in two columns.
  \switchcolumn


\noindent
  {\scriptsize Some more text in the second column.} \end{paracol}


\lipsum{1}
\begin{figure}[b]
    Some text that should go at the bottom.
 \end{figure}
 \lipsum{1}


\end{document}
Haim
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  • Paracol apparently terminates the existing page (\box255} when it starts, so the first figure goes above the top of paracol. The second figure doesn't get created until you are alreacy on the second page. (see also https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/295270/how-to-get-rotated-landscape-page-in-latex-without-flushing-other-floats) – John Kormylo Apr 30 '23 at 13:02
  • It works BUT only if I have little text in paracol columns. Try to insert \lipsum{1} in each columns and you will see that the float goes at the bottom of page 3 AFTER the end of the paracol environment. Also, when I tried the code in my real text (book in octavo document class), I had cases in which the float was down in the footer space and overlapping the page number. – Haim Apr 30 '23 at 16:20
  • And sorry I have not enough knowledge to play with your macros... I just copied and pasted. – Haim Apr 30 '23 at 16:21
  • Other functions which change the column width, like \twocolumn, \newgeometry or landscape, cause a \clearpage to empty the queue first. Why should paracol be any different? BTW, I forgot that there can only be one bottom float per page (bottomnumber =1). – John Kormylo Apr 30 '23 at 18:21
  • I'm not complaining! Paracol is a very good package and every day I find a new use. Just wanting to know if there is a way to have bottom floats over several pages of paracol columns, but I guess the answer is not. But thanks for trying John! – Haim Apr 30 '23 at 18:50
  • BTW, \lipsum[1] does one paragraph, while \lipsum{1} is the same as \lipsum{}1. – John Kormylo May 01 '23 at 02:21
  • Understood thanks! – Haim May 01 '23 at 23:05

2 Answers2

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I tried to get the layout I want using, instead of figure floats, footnotes without marker. Please see this post that thought me how to get rid of the markers: Footnote without a marker. Maybe it is not a very elegant solution but does anyone see an alternative?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{paracol}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\blfootnote[1]{%
  \begingroup
  \renewcommand\thefootnote{}\footnote{#1}%
  \addtocounter{footnote}{-1}%
  \endgroup
}
\renewcommand*\footnoterule{}
%\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}
\footnotelayout{m}
\begin{document}


\columnratio{0.55}
\begin{paracol}{2}
    \sloppy
 \blfootnote{ {\scriptsize \hspace{-16pt} A bottom float. \lipsum{1}}}\lipsum[1]
\switchcolumn\sloppy
  {\footnotesize \lipsum[1]}
\end{paracol}
\blfootnote{ {\scriptsize \hspace{-16pt} This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. This is a second bottom float. }}


\end{document}
Haim
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I took your footnote idea and bypsssed \footnote to write directly into \footins. The tricky bit was turning off \footnoterule.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{paracol}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{afterpage}

\newsavebox{\Bfloat}
\let\OldFootnoterule=\footnoterule
\newlength{\OldFootnotesep}
\setlength{\OldFootnotesep}{\footnotesep}


\makeatletter
\newenvironment{Bfigure}{\begin{lrbox}{\Bfloat}%
  \minipage{\textwidth}%
  \def@captype{figure}}%
{\endminipage%
  \end{lrbox}%
  \insert\footins{\noindent\usebox\Bfloat}%
  \global\let\footnoterule\relax% will need global reset
  \global\footnotesep=\textfloatsep}
\makeatother


\footnotelayout{m}


\begin{document}


\columnratio{0.55}
\begin{paracol}{2}


\sloppy



\begin{Bfigure}
  \caption{A bottom float. \lipsum[1]}
\end{Bfigure}

  \lipsum[1]
\switchcolumn\sloppy
  {\footnotesize \lipsum[1]}
\end{paracol}
\afterpage{\global\let\footnoterule\OldFootnoterule
  \global\footnotesep=\OldFootnotesep}%


\lipsum[1]


Test\footnote{a normal footnote}


\lipsum[2]


\end{document}
John Kormylo
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