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@@ -349,17 +349,30 @@ Pandoc's markdown allows footnotes, using the following syntax: [^longnote]: Here's the other note. This one contains multiple blocks. - Subsequent blocks are indented to show that they belong to + Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they belong to the previous footnote. { some.code } - The whole block can be indented, or just the first line. - In this way, multi-block footnotes work just like multi-block - list items in markdown. + The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first line. + In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work just like + multi-paragraph list items in markdown. + + This paragraph won't be part of the note. The identifiers in footnote references may not contain spaces, tabs, -or newlines. +or newlines. These identifiers are used only to correlate the +footnote reference with the note itself; in the output, footnotes +will be numbered sequentially. + +Inline footnotes are also allowed (though, unlike regular notes, +they cannot contain multiple paragraphs). The syntax is as follows: + + Here is an inline note.^[Inlines notes are easier to write, since + you don't have to pick an identifier and move down to type the + note.] + +Inline and regular footnotes may be mixed freely. ## Embedded HTML |