On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Aaron Ecay <aarone...@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 >
