> On Apr 13, 2018, at 3:40 AM, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> wrote: > > "Berry, Charles" <ccbe...@ucsd.edu> writes: > >>> On Apr 10, 2018, at 5:42 AM, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> [fn:apples: ...] >>>> >>>> [fn:apples] >>> >>> 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! >>> >>> But I am open to any other suggestions which involve numerical >>> footnotes? >>> >> >> >> Numerical footnotes work the same as alpha AFAICS. So, Samuel's suggestion >> 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: >> >> http://www.tex.ac.uk/FAQ-repfootnote.html >> >> and the fixfoot package is what you need. >> ?? >> >> If not maybe you can elaborate on what the desired latex should be. > > Thanks Chuck. > > Yes it is 'repeating text' that I want in my reused footnotes. > > 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". > > 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. > > 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 subsequent pages. I think you are stuck in needing to find a LaTeX solution. And then look at how you marry it to org. HTH, Chuck
