tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/betas/41-footnotes-and-tables-suggestions-for-inclusion-in-version-4MultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2018-05-27T09:50:03Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-17T13:59:17Z2017-08-17T13:59:17ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>Victor,</p>
<p>Why do you use numbers for footnotes? You can, of course, but as you mention it requires you to remember arbitrary numbers. You can use any text that makes sense to you. Alternatively, just use inline footnotes and then you don't have to worry about it at all! ;) I was initially resistant to inline footnotes, but now I really like them.</p>
<p>MMD v3 has support for pasting CSV/TSV (e.g. copied from Excel) as table rows. I am still experimenting with ideas for the best table handling for Composer -- more to come.</p>
<p>Thanks for your feedback!</p>
<p>Fletcher</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-18T08:27:21Z2018-05-27T09:50:03ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>Fletcher,</p>
<p>Thank you for the information.</p>
<p>Inline footnotes, as you write, avoids the issue I raised <em>within</em> MMC.</p>
<p>But, if it is necessary to use another editor, then the other editor may not support inline footnotes. For example, occasionally I may use an editor on an iOS device, such as 1Writer/Editorial.</p>
<p>Neither appear to support inline footnotes.</p></div>vwctag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-18T16:19:49Z2017-08-18T16:19:52ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>What are inline footnotes? I know about<br>
This is some text[^1].<br>
[^1]: And this is the footnote text</p>
<p>But that's the only form of footnote I've ever seen in MD. How are inline different? (I did a search here and general web search and couldn't find anything.)</p></div>Vincetag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-18T16:33:50Z2017-08-18T16:33:50ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>This may sound pedantic, but it's important.</p>
<p>Markdown doesn't support footnotes.</p>
<p>Several Markdown variants, including MultiMarkdown, support footnotes.<br>
Most (all??) of them use the same syntax, thought the output may vary<br>
slightly.</p>
<p>Some of them, including MMD (and I believe pandoc was one of the<br>
earliest???) support inline footnotes:</p>
<p><a href="http://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-5/footnotes.html">http://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-5/footnotes.html</a></p>
<p>(There are a few changes between MMD 5 and MMD 6, but between the v5 user guide and the v6 quick start guide everything should be covered):</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/tree/master/QuickStart">https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/tree/master/QuickStart</a></p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-18T16:34:21Z2017-08-18T16:34:21ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>Victor -- ask them why your editors don't support MultiMarkdown???</p>
<p>;)</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-18T18:48:07Z2017-08-18T18:48:07ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>Yes, I'm aware that "stock" Markdown doesn't support footnotes. (I'm new to MMD, not new to MD. I have three other MD-specific editors. What can I say, I'm not crazy about any of them.) And at least all the editors I've encountered support the same syntax ([1] and [1]:). I've just never heard of inline footnotes, in any MD context. That's … interesting. I'm curious if any of my other editors support them. Something to do this weekend. :)</p></div>Vince Ricetag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-19T02:12:22Z2017-08-19T02:12:22ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>Not sure which editors support them. Those that are built with MMD can (there are a couple). Not sure that there are any editors built around pandoc.</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-19T07:56:48Z2018-05-27T09:50:03ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><blockquote>
<p>Victor -- ask them why your editors don't support MultiMarkdown???</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There are a few points:</p>
<ul>
<li>other editors (such as iOS editors I mentioned) or other macOS ones -they all support the 'traditional' method:</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="xxx">^1</a></p>
<ul>
<li>none other than Byword (macOS) seem to support inline footnotes (in preview).</li>
</ul>
<p>I do not know whether they are purely Markdown or MultiMarkdown or another flavour.</p>
<p>However, the real focus of my initial post is not <em>which</em> type of footnote I use in MMC but the mechanics of inserting the footnote.</p>
<p>To repeat: both Texts and Ulysses support, via a menu option, the automatic insertion of the code for the footnote. Since they both appear to use the traditional method for footnotes, they must have code which 'remembers' the numbers used for other footnotes.</p>
<p>I can see the advantages of inline footnotes - as it reduces the amount of code one needs to insert - but currently, if you need to edit a file in both macOS and iOS it is not compatible. Persuading other app developers is not a short (or even medium) term solution.</p></div>vwctag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/432298022017-08-19T18:22:08Z2017-08-19T18:22:08ZFootnotes and tables - suggestions for inclusion in version 4<div><p>Yes, that was a rhetorical question. :) The "something to do this weekend" was for me, not you, sorry I wasn't clear.</p></div>Vince Rice