From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:47:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87len9w9w6.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=QkOYqXkjTOi5xPy4ZJO_72eC4CFVwkrSxVZebVe+xiQ@mail.gmail.com>
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
>
>>> If they share the same footnote _text_, add the text to a variable and
>>> then use that variable.
>>
>> You mean TeX variable?
>
> Yes, that was my idea.
Well. It is what is already done then. Kind of.
Because Org manual is written in Org and Org does allow multiple
references to a footnote, we currently produce texinfo sources that
contain 2 footnotes with identical text.
But such footnotes look strange when referenced sequentially - texinfo
displays two identical footnotes one after another.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-15 4:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-13 11:41 Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-13 13:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-13 13:34 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-13 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-14 10:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-13 19:08 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-12-14 10:10 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-14 21:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-12-15 4:47 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-12-15 7:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-15 8:02 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-15 8:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-14 12:47 ` Gregor Zattler
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