Footnote definition within a verse block has spurious line breaks when exported to LaTeX

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Hi,

When a verse block includes a footnote reference, the 
corresponding footnote definition is
understood in the LaTeX export as if it were part of the verses. 
In other words, every
line in a =\footnote{}= macro ends with the string =\\=, and the 
spaces between paragraphs are understood as spaces
between stanzas (\vspace*{1em}). If the text of the footnote 
definition contains one or more filled
paragraphs, then the export result is catastrophic.

For example, if we have something like this:

#+begin_src org
 ,#+begin_verse
 lorem
 ipsum[fn:1]
 dolor
 ,#+end_verse

 [fn:1] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. 
 Donec hendrerit tempor
 tellus. Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt 
 et, mattis eget,
 convallis nec, purus.

 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec 
 hendrerit tempor tellus.
 Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt et, 
 mattis eget, convallis nec,
 purus.
#+end_src

in LaTeX we get this:

#+begin_src latex
\begin{verse}
lorem\\
ipsum\footnote{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing 
elit. Donec hendrerit tempor\\
tellus. Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt 
et, mattis eget,\\
convallis nec, purus.\\
\vspace*{1em}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec 
hendrerit tempor tellus.\\
Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt et, 
mattis eget, convallis nec,\\
purus.}\\
dolor\\
\end{verse}
#+end_src

Since footnotes are allowed within a LaTeX =verse= environment, I 
think
this behavior should be fixed.

I'm wondering if it would make sense to modify the
=org-latex-verse-block= function, in order to "save" the text 
formatting
of the footnote definition, something like this (apologies in 
advance
for my rudimentary Elisp: what I'm proposing is more of a
concept, or a pedestrian solution, than a actual patch ;-):

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (defun preserve-footnote-definition-in-verse-block (cont)
   (with-temp-buffer
     (insert cont)
     (save-excursion
        (goto-char (point-max))
        (while (re-search-backward "}" nil t)
          (let ((from (point))
                (to (save-excursion
                      (re-search-backward "\\\\footnote{" nil t)
                      (point))))
            (save-restriction
              (narrow-to-region from to)
              (goto-char (point-min))
              (while (re-search-forward "\n\n+" nil t)
                (replace-match "\\\\par\s" t nil))
              (goto-char (point-min))
              (while (re-search-forward "\n" nil t)
                (replace-match "\s" t nil))))))
     (buffer-string)))

 (defun org-latex-verse-block (verse-block contents info)
   "Transcode a VERSE-BLOCK element from Org to LaTeX.
     CONTENTS is verse block contents.  INFO is a plist holding
     contextual information."
   (org-latex--wrap-label
    verse-block
    ;; In a verse environment, add a line break to each newline
    ;; character and change each white space at beginning of a 
    line
    ;; into a space of 1 em.  Also change each blank line with
    ;; a vertical space of 1 em.
    (format "\\begin{verse}\n%s\\end{verse}"
             (replace-regexp-in-string
	      "^[ \t]+" (lambda (m) (format "\\hspace*{%dem}" 
	      (length m)))
              (replace-regexp-in-string
               "^[ \t]*\\\\\\\\$" "\\vspace*{1em}"
               (replace-regexp-in-string
                "\\([ \t]*\\\\\\\\\\)?[ \t]*\n" "\\\\\n"
		(preserve-footnote-definition-in-verse-block 
		contents) nil t) nil t) nil t))
    info))
#+end_src

Best,

Juan Manuel