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Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:18:18 +0200

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:41:32 +0000
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am now looking at
> https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Footnote-Commands.html
> and I feel slightly confused about how to refer to the same footnote
> from multiple places.
> 
> Is it possible at all in texinfo?

No.  Each @footnote directive creates a new footnote and a reference
to it.

(It is really unusual to have several footnote references to the same
footnote.  Usually, you do this once, and then assume the reader
already knows what the footnote says and doesn't need repetition.)



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