Re: Bug: Impossible to have right bracket in footnotes [7.01trans]

From: Alan Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@no8wireless.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Bug: Impossible to have right bracket in footnotes [7.01trans]
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:04:57 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinTfn1Czqto_jXZYjLOzAZG=EtqN3+14nFkd_-f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D3F8E5E2-C862-4610-957D-590B68697A38@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Sep 1, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote:
>
>  On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:09:58 +0200
>> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Aidan,
>>>
>>> unfortunately this is difficult to fix in a good way.
>>> I do want to go back to footnotes, because I think there are many
>>> things that do not yet work satisfactorily.  And then I also hope to
>>> address the issue you raised.  For the time being, unfortunately, I
>>> do not have a solution for you.
>>>
>>
>> I also have problems with footnotes. Jan Boecker kindly devised a
>> work-around using non-printing spaces which is OK, but what I would like
>> is:
>>
>> Disable footnotes like [2010], but keep footnotes like [fn:2010]
>>
>
> Also on my list of things to fix when I get there....
>
Carsten,
Very low priority as far as I am concerned. Be nice, but it is hardly a deal
breaker.

Thanks for great software!

Cheers,
Alan

>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
>> The reason is that I write legal texts that have references to case law
>> that look like: Marreco v Richardson [1908] 2 KB 584. The dates in
>> square brackets are an essential part of the reference.
>>
>> f:nil in the Options seems to disable all footnotes rather than just
>> the [2010] type. The documentation is slightly misleading on this.
>> Under "Export options" it says:
>>
>> f:      turn on/off footnotes like this[1].
>>
>> I seem to be living more and more in org-mode. Thanks for such great
>> software!
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Aidan Gauland wrote:
>>>
>>>  It is impossible to have closing brackets in a footnote, because
>>>> they are treated as the closing bracket for the foot note.
>>>> Example...
>>>>
>>>> * A heading
>>>> This is a broken footnote.[fn:: Some book at [42-24].]
>>>>
>>>> This will export to (as ASCII, for example)...
>>>>                        org-fn-bug-example
>>>>                        ==================
>>>>
>>>> Author: Aidan Gauland
>>>> Date: 2010-08-31 20:33:14 NZST
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Table of Contents
>>>> =================
>>>> 1 A heading
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1 A heading
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> This is a broken footnote.[1].]
>>>>
>>>> This will export to (as ASCII, for example)...
>>>>
>>>> [1] Some book at [42-24
>>>>
>>>> This is how I am required to cite books for my academic essays, so
>>>> this
>>>> is a pretty serious bug for me (and no doubt other students, as
>>>> well).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Aidan Gauland
>>>>
>>>> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.0.50.6 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+
>>>> Version 2.20.1)
>>>> of 2010-08-29 on dimension8
>>>> Package: Org-mode version 7.01trans
>>>>
>>>> current state:
>>>> ==============
>>>> (setq
>>>> org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook
>>>> '(org-beamer-after-initial- vars)
>>>> org-agenda-files '("~/uc-files/uc-work.org")
>>>> org-agenda-include-diary t
>>>> org-completion-use-iswitchb t
>>>> org-completion-use-ido t
>>>> org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
>>>> org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
>>>> org-export-blocks-postblock-hook '(org-exp-res/src-name-cleanup)
>>>> org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-
>>>> default
>>>> org-export-preprocess-hook '(org-export-blocks-preprocess)
>>>> org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe
>>>> org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe)
>>>> org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
>>>> org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
>>>> org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
>>>> org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers)
>>>> org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
>>>> org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-
>>>> drawers
>>>> org-cycle-show-empty-lines
>>>>
>>>>  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
>>>> org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook
>>>> '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers)
>>>> org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
>>>>
>>>> [org-add-hook
>>>> change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5]
>>>>                                                                 #[nil
>>>>                                                                 #"\300
>>>>                                                                 #\301
>>>>                                                                 #\302
>>>>                                                                 #\303
>>>>                                                                 #\304
>>>>                                                                 #$
>>>>                                                                 #\207"
>>>>
>>>> [org-add-hook
>>>> change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result- all
>>>> append local] 5]
>>>>
>>>> org-babel-result-hide-spec
>>>> org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook
>>>> '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute- safely-maybe)
>>>> org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
>>>> org-export-interblocks '((lob org-babel-exp-lob-one-liners) (src
>>>> org-babel-exp-inline-src-blocks))
>>>> org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
>>>> org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil
>>>> org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook
>>>> '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code)
>>>> org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header
>>>> org-beamer-fix- toc
>>>> org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists)
>>>> org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
>>>> org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-blocks nil) (comment
>>>> org-export-blocks-format-comment t)
>>>>
>>>>         (ditaa
>>>> org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot
>>>> org-export-blocks-format-dot nil)) )
>>>>
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>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Alan L Tyree                    http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan<http://www2.austlii.edu.au/%7Ealan>
>> Tel:  04 2748 6206
>>
>>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
>

-- 
Alan L Tyree                    http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
Tel:  04 2748 6206

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