Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes: > On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:36:06 +1300, Gregory Ewing wrote: > >> Paul Rubin wrote: >>> ReST was another solution in search of a problem. >> >> I think the basic idea behind ReST is quite good, i.e. understanding as >> markup various typographical conventions that make sense in plain text, >> such as underlined headings, bullets, numbered paragraphs. >> >> Unfortunately it went overboard with a slew of cryptic codes for >> footnotes, hyperlinks, etc. that nobody would naturally think to use in >> a plain text document. > > I use footnotes all the time[1] in plain text documents and emails. I > don't think there's anything bizarre about it at all.
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html#footnotes [#]_. .. [#] the keyword is ReST. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
