Adding two notes streams at the end of a section

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I would like to add two streams of notes at the end of each section of a document as in the example below, i.e. one alph (italicized) and another arabic. I can easily insert one stream using the endnotes package and the command theendnotes at the end of each section. I have tried using the bigfoot package which allows you to do something similar with footnotes, but this does not produce the required layout. I would also like the alph string to be listed before the arabic string. Is there a simple way of achieving this?

A simplified working example (with only one stream of notes) would look like this:

documentclass{book}

usepackage{endnotes}
renewcommand{notesname}{}
defenoteheading{parkern1baselineskipkern0baselineskip}

begin{document}

section*{Section}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod 
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.endnote{This is note a.}
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut 
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.endnote{This is note 1.} Duis aute irure 
dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla 
pariatur.endnote{This is note b.} Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non 
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est 
laborum.endnote{This is note 2.}

theendnotes

end{document}

John · Answer

I've attempted to solve this problem by putting the text and a combination of footnotes and endnotes within a minipage (see below). This just about gives the right result, but a fundamental drawback is that minipages are not designed to span across pages. Ideally, the text should be allowed to do so with the notes appearing right at the end of each section.

Any other suggestion on how to resolve this problem?

documentclass{book}

usepackage{endnotes}
renewcommand{notesname}{}
defenoteheading{parkern1baselineskipkern0baselineskip}
makeatletter
renewcommandmakeenmark{hbox{textsuperscript{textit{@alph{theenmark}}}}}
makeatother

renewcommand{thempfootnote}{arabic{mpfootnote}}
renewcommandfootnoterule{}

begin{document}

begin{minipage}{textwidth}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod 
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.footnote{This is note 1.}
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut 
aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.endnote{This is note a.} Duis aute irure 
dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla 
pariatur.footnote{This is note 2.} Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non 
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est 
laborum.endnote{This is note b.}

theendnotes

end{minipage}

end{document}

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