Now I'm starting to understand the issue and the advantage of doing it this 
way. Thank you again.
Joshua

On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 12:12:47 PM UTC-8 John MacFarlane wrote:

> Joshua <joshu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > Thanks for such a helpful, prompt reply. I've loved pandoc for a long 
> time, 
> > but I had no idea the support was this good. You have a superb project 
> here.
> >
> > After consulting the style guides, it looks like pandoc is keeping with 
> the 
> > times and I am not. I'm still a bit confused about your response to the 
> > second issue, though. Suppose I type:
> > Blah.^[@AugustineCityGod2008, 72.] Blah.^[Compare to the competing claim 
> in 
> > @AugustineCityGod2008, 46.]
> >
> > This then renders:
> > [1] Augustine, *City of God*, 72.
> > [2] Compare to the rather different claim in Augustine, ibid, 46.
> >
> > Whereas the behavior I intend:
> > [1] Augustine, *City of God*, 72.
> > [2] Compare to the rather different claim in ibid, 46.
> >
> > This is the behavior I achieved before upgrading pandoc, but I do not 
> > understand the directives I need to give in order to achieve it now. Or 
> > maybe I simply cannot.
>
> It's usually better just to use inline references; in a note
> style they will be automatically converted to notes.
>
> So do this:
>
> Blah [@AugustineCityGod2008, 72]. Blah [Compare to the competing claim in 
> @AugustineCityGod2008, 46].
>
> This uses regular citations, not author-in-text citations.
> Not only will it give you the ibid you want, it will also allow
> you to switch easily to an author-date citation style if you
> wish.
>
> Pandoc will automatically create the notes and rearrange spacing
> and punctuation.
>

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