From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Berry, Charles" Subject: Re: How to get 'repeating footnotes' please? Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 20:31:42 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87tvslvgmz.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87lgdvb5bv.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <878FEF95-627A-4D3B-B43B-A30E3A44BE56@ucsd.edu> <87k1tbfkxw.fsf@skimble.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59635) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7Rpu-0000Lu-Po for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:31:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7Rpr-0001rY-MP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:31:50 -0400 Received: from iport-bcv1-out.ucsd.edu ([132.239.0.119]:59470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7Rpr-0001pr-6z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:31:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k1tbfkxw.fsf@skimble.plus.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Sharon Kimble Cc: org-mode-email > On Apr 13, 2018, at 3:40 AM, Sharon Kimble w= rote: >=20 > "Berry, Charles" writes: >=20 >>> On Apr 10, 2018, at 5:42 AM, Sharon Kimble = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Samuel Wales writes: >>>=20 >>>> [fn:apples: ...] >>>>=20 >>>> [fn:apples] >>>=20 >>> I'm sorry Samuel, but it seems like you haven't read all of my initial >>> question, where I stated 'All my footnotes are 4 digits like >>> '[fn:0010]'.' I'm not going to change my habits of using numerical >>> footnotes that have been in documents for over ten years now to alpha >>> footnotes. Sorry, its just not going to happen! >>>=20 >>> But I am open to any other suggestions which involve numerical >>> footnotes? >>>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> Numerical footnotes work the same as alpha AFAICS. So, Samuel's suggesti= on works, but I think you >> may be asking a question about repeating the *text* of a footnote rather= than merely referencing it >> from a different location. If so, there may be a latex solution for you.= Perhaps this helps: >>=20 >> http://www.tex.ac.uk/FAQ-repfootnote.html >>=20 >> and the fixfoot package is what you need. >> ?? >>=20 >> If not maybe you can elaborate on what the desired latex should be. >=20 > Thanks Chuck. >=20 > Yes it is 'repeating text' that I want in my reused footnotes. >=20 > The problem with the latex solutions that you've proposed is that they > rely on what I call 'static footnotes' meaning that the footnote number > always stays the same, whereas org-mode uses 'dynamic footnotes' meaning > that if you insert one between 3 and 4 they are automatically renumbered > to "3 and new one 4 and 5". >=20 > When you're writing a long document, be it a book or an article or even > a letter and you use footnotes, its very handy for them to be > recalibrated every time that you use or insert a footnote. This > recalibration or automatic renumbering is a godsend I've found, and is > one of the strengths of org-mode, especially when you're memory is > becoming increasingly problematic and you keep forgetting what you want > to say. >=20 > And that's why I'm trying to get repeat text in org-modes dynamic > footnotes. In every experiment that I've made using [fn:0001] as my > reference point it has failed, seemingly due to an inability to graft > latex commands into an org-mode dynamic footnote, which is then exported > and published as an latexed PDF. Org has no concept of a `page', which is required to handle repetition on s= ubsequent pages.=20 I think you are stuck in needing to find a LaTeX solution. And then look a= t how you marry it to org. HTH, Chuck