From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Footnotes in the manual (hidden option?) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:44:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87o9at3p2n.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <1526495158.1951.4.camel@gmail.com> <1542105535.1883.9.camel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55715) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMbnM-0004eR-Em for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:44:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMbnJ-0005Rp-HP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:44:08 -0500 Received: from relay12.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.232]:57029) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMbnJ-0005Qi-8s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:44:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1542105535.1883.9.camel@gmail.com> (ST's message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:38:55 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: ST Cc: Org-mode , Kaushal Modi Hello, ST writes: > (a) May I propose the [^1] as an alternative footnotes syntax as a new > feature? I sympathize with your concern, and [^1] may not have been a bad choice when footnotes were introduced, but that ship has sailed long ago. There is enough footnote syntax in Org nowadays. I'd rather keep it that way. > (b) How can I define such syntax by my own as a footnote? You may have to tweak some libraries, e.g., org-footnote.el and org-element.el, but you're on your own here. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou