\supercite as \footnotemark argument

Question

How can I use \supercite as an argument to \footnotemark and \footnotetext?

(My goal is to have citations as footnotes and their indices matching the index in the bibliography. For me, existing answers have undesired results when using minipage.)

MWE:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[style=ieee,backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{filecontents}
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/299084
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{Doe12,
  author = {Doe, John},
  year = {2012},
  title = {A macro for formatting names},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/559986
\makeatletter
\def\blfootnote{\xdef\@thefnmark{}\@footnotetext}
\makeatother
\DeclareCiteCommand{\myfullcite}
  {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
   {{\printtext[labelnumberwidth]{%
        \printfield{prefixnumber}
        \printfield{labelnumber}}}
  \usedriver%
     {\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{default}}
     {\thefield{entrytype}}}
  {\par\hspace{-1em}}
  {\usebibmacro{postnote}}
\newcommand{\PresCite}[1]{%
\autocite{#1}%
\begin{NoHyper}%
\blfootnote{\hspace{-1em}\myfullcite{#1}}%
\end{NoHyper}
}
%% FIXME This \renewcommand is silly but without it the MWE fails to compile:
% ! Missing $ inserted.
% <inserted text>
%                 $
% l.50 \end{frame}
\renewcommand{\supercite}[1]{2}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
        MWE\footnotemark[\supercite{Doe12}]
    \end{minipage}%
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
        Existing solution &amp; \texttt{minipage}:~\PresCite{Doe12}
    \end{minipage}
    \footnotetext[\supercite{Doe12}]{\footnotesize\texttt{fullcite} should be here: \fullcite{Doe12}}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Bibliography}
    \printbibliography%
\end{frame}
\end{document}

you can't. \supercite is a quite complex command and really not fit to work as footnote marker. And personally I really wonder you want to confuse your reader by inventing a new system. Do you really want that your reader wonder about your footnote and citation numbering system instead of following your talk? — Ulrike Fischer, May 26 '23 at 11:15
Pity! Is it possible to reach the described goal with other means? The question is motivated by feedback from the audience (them suggesting full cites on the slide and consistent numbering). So, no, I don't want them to wonder about this. :) — Cameron Hudson, Jan 10 '24 at 12:02

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 11 '24 at 08:47

Might need some more tweaking to make it look nice, but one approach could be:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[style=ieee,backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{filecontents}
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/299084
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{Doe12,
  author = {Doe, John},
  year = {2012},
  title = {A macro for formatting names},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\newcounter{rsc}
\AtEveryCite{\stepcounter{rsc}}
\makeatletter
\def\blfootnote{\xdef\@thefnmark{}\@footnotetext}
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/226351
\patchcmd{\beamer@doseveralframes}% <cmd>
{\begin{beamer@frameslide}}% <search>
{\begin{beamer@frameslide}\begin{refsegment}}
{}{}% <success><failure>
\patchcmd{\beamer@doseveralframes}% <cmd>
{\end{beamer@frameslide}}% <search>
{\ifnum\value{rsc}>0\blfootnote{\printbibliography}\fi\end{refsegment}\setcounter{rsc}{0}\end{beamer@frameslide}}
{}{}% <success><failure>
\makeatother
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/203783
\renewcommand{\bibfont}{\normalfont\footnotesize}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
        MWE~\cite{Doe12}
    \end{minipage}%
    \begin{minipage}{.5\textwidth}
        \texttt{minipage}~\cite{Doe12}
    \end{minipage}
    \footnote{\footnotesize\texttt{fullcite} should be here: \fullcite{Doe12}}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Bibliography}
    \printbibliography%
\end{frame}
\end{document}

\supercite as \footnotemark argument

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