tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/problems/2124-problem-with-footnotesMultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2017-08-31T01:14:31Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/424578912017-04-29T16:32:04Z2017-04-29T16:32:04ZProblem with footnotes<div><p>Peter,</p>
<p>Thanks for your purchase and thanks for writing in!</p>
<p>First, a few definitions so we're all on the same page.</p>
<p>1) You purchased MultiMarkdown Composer, which is a text editor.</p>
<p>2) MultiMarkdown is a free/open source project that converts text into<br>
HTML and other formats. The newest version is v6 (as of the last month<br>
or two), but the most commonly used version is probably still v5.</p>
<p>3) MMD Composer is effectively a wrapper around MultiMarkdown itself.</p>
<p>Your question is actually about MMD, not Composer.</p>
<p>There is no single correct approach, it's a question of which style<br>
rules you are trying to follow. For example, if anything, the proper<br>
format for a footnote (not a citation) is to use a superscript (at least<br>
in English).</p>
<p>Historically, MMD has used <code>[1]</code> as the marker for footnotes for<br>
visibility, since citations were handled as a variant of the footnote<br>
syntax. Therefore <code>[^footnote]</code> and <code>[#citation]</code> would have similar<br>
appearance in the text. And since glossary terms were simply special<br>
footnotes, they share the same appearance as well.</p>
<p>This is all the correct behavior for MultiMarkdown (v5 and earlier), and<br>
therefore is correct for MultiMarkdown Composer.</p>
<p>MultiMarkdown version 6, however, has more of a distinction between<br>
footnotes, citations, glossary terms, and abbreviations.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6">https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6</a></p>
<p>For the moment, MMD v6 shares a similar output format as MMD 5 and<br>
earlier for the sake of consistency, but I am considering changing this.<br>
Footnotes would use superscripts. Citations could then use parentheses. Glossary terms and abbreviations already use a different<br>
format and would not change from their current structure.</p>
<p>MMD 6 will be the standard on which MultiMarkdown Composer v 3 is based<br>
(the App Store currently sells version 2).</p>
<p>That's the complete answer to your question.</p>
<p>The short answer is:</p>
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<p>MMD v6 will probably match what you want, provided you mean citations<br>
when you say footnotes.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>MMD Composer v3 beta is available now, but is still built on MMD v5.<br>
I am working on the next generation of Composer which is built on MMD<br>
v6, so it will incorporate these changes.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If proper formatting is really important, then consider using MMD -><br>
LaTeX if you're producing papers. The output is much better, and you<br>
can configure the markup however you like. If you're producing web<br>
pages, then that would not help you.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p>Fletcher</p></div>Fletcher