How to use the comment package within a footnote?

Question

The comment package provides for different comment environments which one can selectively in- or exclude via a switch in the preamble. I haven't found out yet how to get it to work in footnotes yet though:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{comment}
\excludecomment{note}
\begin{document}
Some text.
\footnote{A footnote.
\begin{note}
A note for myself within a footnote.
\end{note}
}
\end{document}

gives me the following error:

Excluding comment 'comment') Excluding comment 'note'
(./commentsinfootnote1.aux) Excluding 'note' comment.
! Argument of \xComment has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.10 }

@UlrikeFischer It seems the version package can be used instead. — muk.li, Oct 29 '15 at 08:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '15 at 08:50

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The version package seems to be a drop-in replacement:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{version}
\excludeversion{note}
\begin{document}
Some text.
\footnote{A footnote.
\begin{note}
A note for myself within a footnote.
\end{note}
}
\end{document}

answered Oct 29 '15 at 08:50

muk.li

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I can't get this MWE to compile: Argument of \note@NOTE has an extra } – Steven B. Segletes Oct 29 '15 at 09:49
@StevenB.Segletes Strange. That was the error message I got with the comment package. The version package seems to be able to handle this. – muk.li Oct 29 '15 at 09:56

How to use the comment package within a footnote?

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