"Jacob S. Gordon" <[email protected]> writes:

> Not the contents of the previous footnote, but a new one along the
> lines of:
>
>   [fn:9] ~format~ is similar to ~printf~ in ~C~ and other languages,
>   but can handle arbitrary-precision integers and other Elisp objects.
>   Consult [[info:elisp#Formatting Strings]] and [[help:format]] for
>   details.

Looks reasonable.

>> Rather than describing the connection in a footnote, what about just
>> saying format (similar to ~printf~; see <ref to elisp#Formatting...>)
>
> That works too, I only suggested the footnote since there’s a similar
> reference in the next section “Formula syntax for Lisp” that could
> point to it.

Makes sense, although it is probably useful to put "printf" inside text
(in addition to elaborate footnote), so that people can recognize it and
reach out to the footnote for more details.

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