> Without reading the whole thread I'd second to drop the comment signs.
> My reason: I sometimes exchange TeX-files with other people not using
> LyX. As soon as you do a reformat-paragraph in an external editor, the
> above ends up as
> a\footnote{% foo}% b
> and the footnote is gone :-(
Well we have commentsigns in other parts of the document too and they
are needed to have a nice format. IMO if you do a reformat of a latex
file you're responsible of the outcome!
Jürgen
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