From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Cc: Ypo <ypuntot@gmail.com>,
samologist@gmail.com, Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Numbered footnotes in the manual interfere with diff
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:49:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871qrzj0tc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877d1rsuza.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:45:29 +0800")
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
> Do you have any suggestion on how to deal with changing footnotes in the
> manual? When I delete this footnote, all the footnotes must be
> re-numbered creating a lot of garbage in the diff. Is it ok? Or should
> we prefer inline footnote definitions in the manual to avoid such
> situations?
I propose to use inline footnotes for notes of one paragraph and to
use regular footnotes for notes spanning over more than one paragraph.
This will enhance both diffs readability and that of the manual's .org
source.
WDYT?
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-25 8:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-16 17:45 Dates in headlines Ypo
2022-08-19 5:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-25 8:45 ` Numbered footnotes in the manual interfere with diff (was: Dates in headlines) Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-25 8:49 ` Bastien [this message]
2022-10-03 8:18 ` Numbered footnotes in the manual interfere with diff Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-03 8:54 ` Bastien
2022-10-04 2:21 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-10-04 8:31 ` Bastien
2022-10-05 9:54 ` Numbered footnotes in the manual interfere with diff (was: Dates in headlines) Ihor Radchenko
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