Org-mode 9.5.2 (packaged with Ubuntu 22.04). I've noticed this for awhile -- wondering if this has changed in a more recent version.
Let's say I have, at the bottom of a document: ``` * Footnotes [fn:......] lorem ipsum... ``` Somewhere else in the document, I do C-c C-x f. Then I see: ``` * Footnotes [fn:---------] [fn:......] lorem ipsum... ``` I believe it would make more sense like this: ``` * Footnotes [fn:---------] [fn:......] lorem ipsum... ``` That is: - Expected: Position the cursor at the beginning of the first footnote (before the bracket). Then insert a new footnote ID followed by two newlines. - Actual: Position the cursor at the beginning of the first footnote (before the bracket). Then insert a newline, a new footnote ID, and another newline. User impact is that if I don't edit the newlines by hand every time, eventually I end up with: ``` * Footnotes: [fn:xxx] [fn:yyy] [fn:zzz] ``` ... which... does not strike me as a deliberate result. Easily reproducible, every time. In org-customize > Footnote, I don't see a variable related to the insertion template. hjh