[O] Footnotes in the manual (hidden option?)

[ST]

Hello,

in the manual

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

it says that footnotes[fn:1]

[fn:1] look like this


but actually[1]

[1] works as well and looks even better.

So why this option is not documented?

Thank you!

[Kaushal Modi]

Hello,

Post by ST
Hello,
in the manual
https://orgmode.org/manual/Footnotes.html#Footnotes
it says that footnotes[fn:1]
[fn:1] look like this
but actually[1]
[1] works as well and looks even better.
So why this option is not documented?

I would think that's so because canonically Org mode using [fn:1] style. It
looks like you are manually typing the footnote refs and definitions.

Try using C-c C-x f binding.. you will see that Org inserts the footnotes
in the documented style.

I would say that the "fn"-style footnotes remove any kind of ambiguity..

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Post by Kaushal Modi
I would think that's so because canonically Org mode using [fn:1] style. It
looks like you are manually typing the footnote refs and definitions.
Try using C-c C-x f binding.. you will see that Org inserts the footnotes
in the documented style.
I would say that the "fn"-style footnotes remove any kind of
ambiguity..

Moreover, [1]-like footnotes have been removed in 9.0. It's a bug if Org
thinks [1] is a footnote.

Regards,