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. 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
