Re: [Orgmode] Footnote export

[Typhoon]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:27:50 +0200
Jan Böcker <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 07/31/2010 05:17 AM, Typhoon wrote:
> > I write legal texts and often need to reference case law like this:
> > 
> > /Pyke v The Hibernian Bank Limited/ [1950] IR 195
> > 
> > Obviously, I don't want the [1950] to be a footnote. What do I do?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Alan
> > 
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> you can add the following line:
> #+OPTIONS: f:nil
> 
> at the start of your Org file to disable footnotes entirely. For more
> information, see "12.3 Export Options" in the manual.
> 
> You could also insert the unicode character "zero width space" after
> the opening bracket like this:
> 
> M-x ucs-insert 200B <RET>
> 
> That is a handy trick I got from reading this very list some time ago
> (sorry, I don't remember who had posted that), although I imagine that
> gets tedious after a while.
> 
> I do not know if it is possible to disable plain footnotes while still
> using the [fn:1] syntax.

Yes, thanks. I was using f:nil but what I would really like is to
disable [1] type footnotes while retaining the [fn:1] style.

Nice trick on the zero-space - That would be OK, I suppose, but like
you say, a bit tedious after a while.

Cheers,
Alan

> 
> HTH, Jan
> 


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