Footnotes on the same line only for one page

Question

It is possible to get footnotes typeset as paragraph thanks to package footmisc loaded with the para option, as discussed in this thread.

But this is set globally. I would like to typeset footnotes as paragraphs only for some pages in one document. How can I get this functionality?

Answer 1

The footmisc package rewrites the output routine to deal with the footnotes and it is not easy to change that on a per page basis. On the other hand, the memoir class has similar styles available and this can be changed mid document.

Page 1 (page 3 is similar):

Page 2:

\documentclass{memoir}

\textheight=100pt% just for the example

\begin{document}
Some text.\footnote{A footnote.}

Some text.\footnote{Another footnote.}

Some text.\footnote{And yet another footnote which (finally!) ends on
a new line.}

\clearpage
\paragraphfootnotes

Some text.\footnote{A footnote.}

Some text.\footnote{Another footnote.}

Some text.\footnote{And yet another footnote which (finally!) ends on
a new line.}

\clearpage
\plainfootnotes

Some text.\footnote{A footnote.}

Some text.\footnote{Another footnote.}

Some text.\footnote{And yet another footnote which (finally!) ends on
a new line.}

\end{document}