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On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:

> Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> * Usage 1, anonymous footnotes
[snip]
>
> And then we will have that one feature request to cross reference a
> previous footnote!  :-)  In the above case, how would a person go
> about asking someone to refer to an earlier footnote?
>
>> * Usage 2, keyword named footnotes
[snip]
>>
> Unless I've got it wrong, wouldn't it be better to do something like
>
> [fn:kenpo { Kenpo is the name of several martial arts}]
> (keep the keyword and definition in one place?)
>
> And all future references go as 'see [fn:kenpo] to understand the
> meaning'.

Maybe re-use the same concepts of urls? And combine anonymous and  
labeled footnotes at once? And references?

labeled: [[fn:label][text]]
anonymous: [[fn:]][text]]
reference: [[fn:label]]

(In the reference form, the reference could become a clickable link.)

Example 1:
"This is the body of the text.[[fn:xyz][And this is the text of the  
footnote]] It indeed is a silly piece of text, but what would you  
expect?[[fn:abc][It's showing off references to previous footnotes, as  
well.[fn:xyz]]]"

Example 2:
"You can also use the references to put the footnote text out of the  
body text[[fn:xyzzy]].

[[fn:xyzzy][This footnote illustrates the out-of-the-body principle.]]"


Maybe too many brackets?

Cheers,
Peter.