From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ihor Radchenko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:13:12 +0000 Message-ID: <87zgbqpa2v.fsf@localhost> References: <87h6xzcyz7.fsf@localhost> <83edt3phlx.fsf@gnu.org> <87tu1zbf6d.fsf@localhost> <837cyvpeay.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25107"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 14 11:14:18 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p5OmI-0006In-0o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:14:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5OlU-00026a-9k; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:13:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5OlM-00023d-Hv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:13:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5OlI-0002W6-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:13:19 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5142B240101 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:13:15 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1671012795; bh=vbVqrbBdG8egoblQD744Avb8T2DlyXFq+ttkbBraUJY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=EApbvtye5omV2xe+FCqQ7bMC/axzclcJRtF9dPyRwMZCMHQbMi8JRe4haXit0PMQH KD56SzNTk9p6OZ6qC+1rx2q3727FOU5LGL/0L1i4Z29zRp3+NKpb8YH3luVJ0NkjvB HUHzX8YFNWanD8op3SPEL7koanfZv/FS+mx7hIg98jflPgRbEjbNVpbvDdPrA/liGm y5NKVoVGJ+H5NUu4BKP3y975J8rtz3P3VJmwYlyxPz6rMzSBORXXoUO7I3cxlXYRrl r1P2tnUibZXQdaTPsPlyrAFt88VV80PUhHG/WnsaxotsQyjbAOI2nC2jwAW9I8rhiS SBBrk2rhSbjxA== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4NXB5Q5JZJz9rxL; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:13:14 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <837cyvpeay.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=yantar92@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:301379 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> In this particular case, I was writing a manual patch that clarifies >> about some defcustoms not being available until the discussed library is >> loaded. Multiple places in the manual can share the same footnote in >> such scenario. > > In that case, I suggest to make the "footnote's" text a @node, and > cross-reference to that node from each place that needs to do so. Sounds like a bit of overkill when the text is short, but thanks for the idea. Another suggestion I got was to put something like ~variable~ (=library.el=) and explain in the introduction that such notation implies that the variable is only available upon loading the library. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at