0 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 17 Jan \ parent \ on: Zap to Zero Day 19 | Symbiosis meta
Are our footnotes extra1

Footnotes

  1. maybe we should change the markup? ↩
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek OP 17 Jan
No, now that I looked it up, I don't think we should change the markup. I simply never took the time to click on the markdown icon 1

Footnotes

  1. at the top right corner to look up how to use them. I also like the "academic" style of [0] more compared to superscripts I have to admit. But/Or I think it's just me being a nonconformist, lol. 2 ↩
  2. I also got very used to just creating manual footnotes. 3 ↩
  3. Impressive. This also works within footnotes. 4 ↩
  4. My main pain point with footnotes is the numbering though. If I edit my text, I still have to make sure that my footnotes are numbered in the right order. And the markup doesn't help with that, I guess? ↩
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 17 Jan
We can change the rendering if they're aesthetically unpleasing. I'm fond on HN's footnote fashion too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 17 Jan
I love HN-style footnotes too, but always found it amusing here, since the explicit linking usually back-links to content one inch away that's still visible on the screen.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 17 Jan
Mhh, I see. I think we should do that then.
Found another issue though:
https://m.stacker.news/12705
The footnotes title renders pretty big as a root comment for some reason
And the reference to the note and the backreference is indeed really nice. I didn't appreciate that enough even though I implemented that myself in my blog.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 17 Jan freebie
Should be easy to change. I never liked the heading or the backlink icon.
  1. replace the title with a horizontal line
  2. replace superscript with [1] link
  3. replace numbered list with [1]-like numbering
  4. replace the backlink icon by making the numbering the backlink
I'd be nearly satisfied with just (1) and (4).