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Re: Numbered footnotes in the manual interfere with diff
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Bastien |
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Re: Numbered footnotes in the manual interfere with diff |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:49:35 +0200 |
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Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
> Do you have any suggestion on how to deal with changing footnotes in the
> manual? When I delete this footnote, all the footnotes must be
> re-numbered creating a lot of garbage in the diff. Is it ok? Or should
> we prefer inline footnote definitions in the manual to avoid such
> situations?
I propose to use inline footnotes for notes of one paragraph and to
use regular footnotes for notes spanning over more than one paragraph.
This will enhance both diffs readability and that of the manual's .org
source.
WDYT?
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Bastien