From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: hiding footnotes Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:11:57 +1100 Message-ID: <50B6E08D.6080101@gmail.com> References: <87sj7t4p0l.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44645) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TdvTp-0004fr-0E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:12:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TdvTn-0001Pz-LV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:12:04 -0500 Received: from mail-da0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41]:39514) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TdvTn-0001Pn-Bm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:12:03 -0500 Received: by mail-da0-f41.google.com with SMTP id e20so4952244dak.0 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:12:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 29/11/12 14:35, 42 147 wrote: > I should add that Tyree's idea is what I was looking for originally > (changing the face to the text font at least fixed readability). > > Ideally, instead of jumping to the footnote section, it would be > collapsible / expandable, much like headings. > > Right now having a dedicated footnote section is better than having the > footnote embedded in the body of the text as a giant distracting > parenthesis. That is the worst functionality among the options here. > I admit that I didn't know about the org-footnote-section variable. That helps a lot since many of my footnotes are long (awful legal tradition!). But I still like the in-line footnote with the ability to hide a la Auctex. I've got no idea how hard it would be to implement, and I certainly don't have the skills. I'm not complaining: org is the greatest thing since sliced bread! Thanks to everyone involved. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172385@iptel.org