From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:18:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83edt3phlx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h6xzcyz7.fsf@localhost> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40777"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ihor Radchenko Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 13 14:19:30 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 1p55By-000AOF-10 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:19:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p55BF-0001UF-NL; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:18:45 -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 1p55Aj-0001RV-Vd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:18:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p55Aj-0002kR-Mo; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:18:13 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=9/uMfrGifklqHExrcuGbeJ5AgP8DoicEa58ulhOpryA=; b=jmmA6YKC6+4f zqEDcHZAjIZusuC0j6s75zfE3RsaqQLHcpWI7QXdcvz2PU9rJFJ2eYPeRjbRsJ5VFtRSd7CVmSWnx LoVccsIBRC2XpCFTmkod3g6/obkcm+YurVXZWW8NtCYwYlxCoLNzopKj2f0ZdeYS4vkSpLnAxV8tR 8Q8THEiPl0b7FvHI11u0mkhRUl+I6w+SBTLbRcOx1N5ggZu5gmPsGR8AGmTBa+Pw8OSqEXcYiHDiE 3Ny+Bd77a8gBN7vvvblKOeCAT3zPFtjxf7j6HUDMX75VwxVkrmt8WN2vPSfLDFQ8aPaotGxFa18ai mqqHx3mtG7XeOVG8l3YTog==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p55Aj-0000wb-78; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:18:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87h6xzcyz7.fsf@localhost> (message from Ihor Radchenko on Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:41:32 +0000) 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:301310 Archived-At: > From: Ihor Radchenko > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:41:32 +0000 > > Hi, > > I am now looking at > https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Footnote-Commands.html > and I feel slightly confused about how to refer to the same footnote > from multiple places. > > Is it possible at all in texinfo? No. Each @footnote directive creates a new footnote and a reference to it. (It is really unusual to have several footnote references to the same footnote. Usually, you do this once, and then assume the reader already knows what the footnote says and doesn't need repetition.)