[BUG] Unable to insert inline or anonymous footnotes unless indented [9.7.11 (9.7.11-6a5d0e @ /home/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.7.11/)]

[BUG] Unable to insert inline or anonymous footnotes unless indented [9.7.11 (9.7.11-6a5d0e @ /home/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.7.11/)]

[Suhail Singh]

Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and
what in fact did happen.  You don't know how to make a good report?  See

     https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback

Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list.
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With Emacs -q, in a new org file, set ~org-footnote-define-inline~ to t.
With point at the beginning of the line invoke =M-x org-footnote-new=.

As implied in the syntax spec, inline and anonymous footnotes are
permitted to occur on an unindented line (unlike a footnote reference).
Given that, the expectation with the above settings is for
org-footnote-new to insert an inlined footnote at point (which is at the
beginning of a line).

However, what's observed is a user-error "Cannot insert a footnote
here" when point is at the beginning of a line.

Additionally, and seemingly related, fontlocking for unindented
anonymous and inlined footnotes is also broken.  This can be observed
via emacs -q and opening a file with the following contents:

#+begin_example
** 9.7.11, 9.6.15
[fn::This footnote has not fontlocking.]


[fn:1:This doesn't fontlock either.]


 [fn::Fontlocking works in this footnote.]
#+end_example



Also broken are commands like =M-x org-footnote-new= (even when
).

The reason seems to be =(bolp)= in the definition of
=org-footnote--allow-reference-p=.

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 2, x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.43, cairo version 1.18.2)
Package: Org mode version 9.7.11 (9.7.11-6a5d0e @ /home/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.7.11/)

Re: [BUG] Unable to insert inline or anonymous footnotes unless indented [9.7.11 (9.7.11-6a5d0e @ /home/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.7.11/)]

[Suhail Singh]

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Additionally, and seemingly related, fontlocking for unindented
> anonymous and inlined footnotes is also broken.  This can be observed
> via emacs -q and opening a file with the following contents:

Correction: opening a file that _contains the contents of the following
example block_:

> #+begin_example
> ** 9.7.11, 9.6.15
> [fn::This footnote has not fontlocking.]
>
>
> [fn:1:This doesn't fontlock either.]
>
>
>  [fn::Fontlocking works in this footnote.]
> #+end_example

-- 
Suhail

Re: [BUG] Unable to insert inline or anonymous footnotes unless indented [9.7.11 (9.7.11-6a5d0e @ /home/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.7.11/)]

[Ihor Radchenko]

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> With Emacs -q, in a new org file, set ~org-footnote-define-inline~ to t.
> With point at the beginning of the line invoke =M-x org-footnote-new=.
>
> As implied in the syntax spec, inline and anonymous footnotes are
> permitted to occur on an unindented line (unlike a footnote reference).
> Given that, the expectation with the above settings is for
> org-footnote-new to insert an inlined footnote at point (which is at the
> beginning of a line).
>
> However, what's observed is a user-error "Cannot insert a footnote
> here" when point is at the beginning of a line.

Fixed, on main.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=b6dbf88810

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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Re: [BUG] Unable to insert inline or anonymous footnotes unless indented [9.7.11 (9.7.11-6a5d0e @ /home/user/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.7.11/)]

[Ihor Radchenko]

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Additionally, and seemingly related, fontlocking for unindented
> anonymous and inlined footnotes is also broken.  This can be observed
> via emacs -q and opening a file with the following contents:
>
> #+begin_example
> ** 9.7.11, 9.6.15
> [fn::This footnote has not fontlocking.]
>
>
> [fn:1:This doesn't fontlock either.]
>
>
>  [fn::Fontlocking works in this footnote.]
> #+end_example

Yes, it is indeed broken.
A proper fix of these and many other fontification problems would be
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87ee7c9quk.fsf@localhost/, but that's a
long way ahead.

If you are particularly annoyed by this fontification glitch, feel free
to post a patch fixing the problem. See `org-activate-footnote-links'
and its erroneous check for referencep.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>