On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lawrence,
>
> You can have footnotes be inserted automatically:
> - in their own section (by default at the bottom of the document, though
>   you can move it anywhere)
> - at the end of the current section, or
> - inline with the text
>
> For the first behavior, set the variable ‘org-footnote-define-inline’ to
> nil.  For the second, set both ‘org-footnote-define-inline’ and
> ‘org-footnote-section’ to nil.  And for the third, set
> ‘org-footnote-define-inline’ to something other than nil.
>
> Let's say I want the "default" behavior, i.e. the expansion of the
footnote definitions in their own section. Here's a line in my .org file:

1. Re-read Stephenson's "Metaphysics in the Royal Society 1715-2010" [fn::
Stephenson: Leibnitz], especially for the description of "monads."

Now what do I do? The expansion/definition of this placeholder is

"Some Remarks"; "Essays and Other Writings"; Stephenson, Neal;
HarperCollins Publishers; 978-0-06-202443-5; 2012; pp 38-57.

Where does this expansion go? Do I do M->, hit the Enter a few times and
type it in? But then how does the placeholder above know to link to it? And
the ‘org-footnote-define-inline’ etc. look like elisp variable names. Do I
set them in my .emacs? That doesn't seem quite right since I might be
juggling many different .org files, each with a different footnote style.

You can place footnote definitions manually wherever you choose.
>
> You can use the line
> #+INCLUDE: "file.org"
> to include one org file inside another for export purposes.  I don’t
> know off the top of my head whether this works to import footnote
> definitions from a separate file, though I don’t see a reason why it
> shouldn’t.  Try it and see!  (It almost certainly won’t allow footnotes
> in one file to be links to locations in another.)
>
> --
> Aaron Ecay
>