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Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources


From: Ihor Radchenko
Subject: Re: Multiple references to a footnote in texi sources
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:10:00 +0000

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> In this particular case, I was writing a manual patch that clarifies
>> about some defcustoms not being available until the discussed library is
>> loaded. Multiple places in the manual can share the same footnote in
>> such scenario.
>
> If they share the same footnote _text_, add the text to a variable and
> then use that variable.

You mean TeX variable?

> (Have you ever seen a book where a footnote is referred to from more
> than one place in the text?  I haven't.)

Which does not mean that we cannot do it in software manual.

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