>>> "NG" == Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Hello,
> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>>> The subject is wrong, I am still googling but don't understand why I
>>> cannot insert footnotes in all cells in a table.

> There was a bug with _empty_ cells.

>> It seems that the function org-footnote--allow-reference-p 
>> is the culprit

> Fixed. Thank you.


In master?  
>> but which places are *forbidden* the doc string does not say much.

> `org-footnote--allow-reference-p' is very permissive. Footnote are
> allowed anywhere it makes sense, I think. The function is also well
> documented, you may want to look at the source if you have doubts.

The docstring just reads 

  "Non-nil when a footnote reference can be inserted at point."


That I wouldn't call well documented, but I presume you are referring to
something else.