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: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 08:02:03 +0000 Message-ID: <878rj9w0w4.fsf@localhost> References: <87h6xzcyz7.fsf@localhost> <83edt3phlx.fsf@gnu.org> <87tu1zbf6d.fsf@localhost> <87359iqosn.fsf@localhost> <87len9w9w6.fsf@localhost> <83sfhhksxk.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="6684"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 15 09:03:11 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 1p5jCw-0001UF-H8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:03:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5jC0-0006uB-84; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:02:12 -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 1p5jBy-0006te-EE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:02:10 -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 1p5jBw-0003ta-93 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:02:10 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A21FD240159 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:02:05 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1671091325; bh=gQene0FoYnHLOEQue/OD1NfulbQ+QDxSHf1EB1YFuNU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=H7CG1s2gNS/ABh6AfX1bWnUZoSI3On+rdPqBx9sK9clD8kwvCv05yHJBU80jbfN8s cqFTB7PgRRs2cW6nkJj37qEijimXEJfQVIsOqP+Gz5EMRpdVTWuFaJTMbRm4SLOLSe ADC090r3bN44YmYbkqZYH5LjsbNOFsphh+iUAEWVJm4NdTzpvrZxMDimDQenwVrLpp OraWhBr80r992QUtn8Mjl/7JRee9TNrIbzeLlkT8H84+uCow5qMP1gHeRUTwUekHQZ UbHnIEX/xhB8LoPf888GQ8MTeYa1uid5GjCj+aJdavxviLb+uwXd0zwxeh9FPe7d/T 7+ia8WHb18tRg== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4NXl7d0GQfz9rxB; Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:02:04 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <83sfhhksxk.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=unavailable 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:301445 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> But such footnotes look strange when referenced sequentially - texinfo >> displays two identical footnotes one after another. > > In my book, this means a footnote is a wrong means to handle these > cases. If you are talking about a reference to book or a URL, there > are other ways of doing that which don't use @footnote. I'm guessing > people think they should use @footnote because the have something like > footnote-mode in mind. But that's superficial similarity, based on > the presence of the same word and on nothing else. Note that LaTeX does support multiple footnote references and such footnote referencing style is a common practice in some research journals. Also, I described my use case, which is not book referencing. I do not agree that "multiple references" is a universally wrong idea. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at