Possible Pandoc development - Inline footnote output format for markdown

Possible Pandoc development - Inline footnote output format for markdown

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Pandoc can read both Markdown reference footnotes and inline footnotes, but 
is only able to write reference footnotes when producing a Markdown file.

Is it possible to enable Pandoc to write inline footnotes in Markdown?

Last year i received help in converting reference footnotes to inline 
footnotes from Christophe Demko, who produced a combination of a Lua filter 
and sed editor code which enabled me to convert reference footnotes to 
inline.  I'm very grateful to Christophe for this facility.

(See https://groups.google.com/g/pandoc-discuss/c/_5-8TRJhhqo/m/NDvoWc-XAQAJ
)

I would like to know whether it would be possible for Pandoc to directly 
support the writing of inline footnotes. Could this be a future development?

Many thanks,

'ö-Dzin





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Re: Possible Pandoc development - Inline footnote output format for markdown

[John MacFarlane]

Not all footnotes can be inline -- inline footnotes can't contain block-level formatting.
That's why we use reference notes in the writer.

In principle it would be possible to add an option that uses inline notes when possible
(not always), but I'd prefer not to: I don't think the additional complexity is
worth it in this case.

> On Oct 21, 2023, at 2:13 AM, tri...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <tridral-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Pandoc can read both Markdown reference footnotes and inline footnotes, but is only able to write reference footnotes when producing a Markdown file.
> 
> Is it possible to enable Pandoc to write inline footnotes in Markdown?
> 
> Last year i received help in converting reference footnotes to inline footnotes from Christophe Demko, who produced a combination of a Lua filter and sed editor code which enabled me to convert reference footnotes to inline.  I'm very grateful to Christophe for this facility.
> 
> (See https://groups.google.com/g/pandoc-discuss/c/_5-8TRJhhqo/m/NDvoWc-XAQAJ)
> 
> I would like to know whether it would be possible for Pandoc to directly support the writing of inline footnotes. Could this be a future development?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> 'ö-Dzin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Possible Pandoc development - Inline footnote output format for markdown

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Dear John,

Thank you very much for making the time to reply.  I quite understand if 
you think the extra complexity is not worthwhile.

best regards,

'ö-Dzin

On Saturday, 21 October 2023 at 17:57:19 UTC+1 John MacFarlane wrote:

> Not all footnotes can be inline -- inline footnotes can't contain 
> block-level formatting.
> That's why we use reference notes in the writer.
>
> In principle it would be possible to add an option that uses inline notes 
> when possible
> (not always), but I'd prefer not to: I don't think the additional 
> complexity is
> worth it in this case.
>
> > On Oct 21, 2023, at 2:13 AM, tri...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <tri...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Pandoc can read both Markdown reference footnotes and inline footnotes, 
> but is only able to write reference footnotes when producing a Markdown 
> file.
> > 
> > Is it possible to enable Pandoc to write inline footnotes in Markdown?
> > 
> > Last year i received help in converting reference footnotes to inline 
> footnotes from Christophe Demko, who produced a combination of a Lua filter 
> and sed editor code which enabled me to convert reference footnotes to 
> inline. I'm very grateful to Christophe for this facility.
> > 
> > (See 
> https://groups.google.com/g/pandoc-discuss/c/_5-8TRJhhqo/m/NDvoWc-XAQAJ)
> > 
> > I would like to know whether it would be possible for Pandoc to directly 
> support the writing of inline footnotes. Could this be a future development?
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> > 'ö-Dzin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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