Andrea Lazzarini <andrea.lazzari...@gmail.com> writes: > If some languages require it and some not, as you correctly say, couldn't the > behaviour be customizable?
Maybe. But we are not only talking about footnotes. Consider * Heading [0/1] text Or Text with newline\\ [footnote] more text. or Text (parens[footnote] ). It might be enough to use spaces if and only if there are no preceding spaces. Or not. One may think of other edge cases. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>