Hello, Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes:
> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hello, >> >> oitofe...@gmail.com (Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro) writes: >> >>> Consider the following org code: >>> >>> -- >>> This is only a text.[1] >>> >>> [1] This is a text body's footnote.[2] >>> [2] This is a footnote's footnote. >>> -- >>> >>> When org-mode exports this code to html, despite the fact that >>> footnote 2 is present in the final document, it don't exports >>> footnote 2 reference as a link to footnote 2; it's exported just >>> like plain text. >> >> There's no official support for nested footnotes in current exporter. >> Implementing it would be non trivial (it may be for the HTML back-end, >> but clearly not for the LaTeX one). Since we're working on a new export >> engine, I don't think it's worth the effort. >> >> Though, your report made me implement it in the experimental exporter. > > From OpenDocument-1.2 spec has the following note > > ,---- > | 6.3.4<text:note-body> > | > | The <text:note-body> element contains the content of a note. It does not > | have any attributes. > | > | Note: The schema allows for the inclusion of notes into the note > | body. While this may be reasonable for note types, it is not reasonable > | for footnotes and endnotes. Conforming consumers need not support notes > | inside notes. > `---- > > LibreOffice doesn't support notes inside notes. So for all practical > purposes, nested footnotes cannot be supported with ODT export (in both > the legacy and in-the-works experimental version). > > If one intends to export his Org file to ODT, then nested footnote > construction should be avoided like plague. It isn't really supported in LaTeX too, but there are workarounds. If such thing isn't possible, ODT back-end will ignore any footnote contained in another footnote (i.e. whose genealogy contains an element with an `footnote-reference' or `footnote-definition' type) and send a message to the user. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou