From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Adventures with org-footnote-auto-adjust
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:54:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wqtwslyh.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1ehg6zyu9.fsf@poto.myhome.westell.com> (Thomas S. Dye's message of "Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:09:34 -1000")
Hello,
tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
> In the document I'm editing, I have sentences like this:
>
> If you want a list to start with a different value (e.g., 20),[fn:17]
> start the text of the item with ~[@20]~.
>
> As a matter of style, I prefer the footnote (which contains qualifying
> text, rather than a reference) be at the end of the sentence, and that
> it immediately follow the period. So, I cut and paste to get this:
>
> If you want a list to start with a different value (e.g., 20),
> start the text of the item with ~[@20]~.[fn:17]
>
> Now, the next time I insert a footnote, with C-c C-x f, I get something
> like this:
>
> If you want a list to start with a different value (e.g., 20),[fn:17]
> start the text of the item with ~[@20]~.[fn:17]
>
> The text of the original footnote, [fn:17], is lost, though the mark
> remains in the text. If the new [fn:17] is some distance away, then the
> problem of duplicate numbers isn't readily apparent in the midst of
> other work. Of course, I subsequently discovered that `~.[fn:17]'
> wasn't working and put the space back in. Now, the footnote refers to
> the wrong text.
>
> I've learned that there are certain conditions (I don't know how many)
> where the space after a sentence won't accept a footnote insertion.
There shouldn't be any of such conditions.
> The example sentence is one of these. Apparently, it is the `~.'
> combination that triggers the condition. Org is good enough to
> prohibit inserting a new footnote into one of these "black holes"
> (which is how I discovered them), but it doesn't mind if I cut and
> paste a footnote into one.
I fixed it. Footnote references should be allowed there.
> I'm not certain how much mischief this might have caused. I discovered
> the problem when the text of *both* footnotes in a section of the
> document were incorrect.
>
> In my case, org-footnote-auto-adjust doesn't perform any crucial
> function--it just makes the Org mode buffer seem more orderly. Given
> that there are "black holes" in the buffer, whose presence have the
> ability to confuse org-footnote-auto-adjust so that data are lost,
> should org-footnote-auto-adjust be deprecated?
`org-footnote-auto-adjust' still does its job when, for example, a new
footnote is created or a footnote is deleted. It is fragile when
copy-pasting a footnote reference across some text.
Anyway, it should be possible to fix most of these "black holes", if
only we are aware of them.
Thanks for your report.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-25 11:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-23 18:09 Adventures with org-footnote-auto-adjust Thomas S. Dye
2013-02-25 10:54 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2013-02-25 15:56 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-02-25 16:06 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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