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3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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Footnote sidenote and colour ideas admired
From 2 comments
Anyone interested in footnotes might like the way we do it on the Vale site, for example: https://verdagon.dev/blog/making-regions-part-1-human-factor Some nice things: * The…
verdagon on HNOh this is beautiful. Thanks for the link.
breck on HN
Objections
Footnote syntax looks like existing markdown footnotes with a harder grammar
From 2 comments
At the risk of Dropboxing myself: what is the advantage of this over the existing Markdown syntax for footnotes[1]? It looks very similar, but with a harder to parse grammar.…
woodruffw on HNIt doesn't have footnotes. Some supersets do.
bmacho on HN
Demo link redirects and the page shows JavaScript errors in Safari
From 3 comments
Clicking on the number should ideal take me to footnote but it isn't. Instead its redirecting to a different page taking about scroll
iprathik on HNAll I get is a blank window in Safari.
chrstphrknwtn on HNNope, just JS errors [Error] SyntaxError: Unexpected token '='. Expected an opening '(' before a method's parameter list. (anonymous function) (libs.js:16558) [Error]…
chrstphrknwtn on HN
Questions
What is the advantage over existing markdown footnotes
From 2 comments
At the risk of Dropboxing myself: what is the advantage of this over the existing Markdown syntax for footnotes[1]? It looks very similar, but with a harder to parse grammar.…
woodruffw on HNI can’t see what this offers over pandoc markdown or it’s successor: https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/jgm/djot/blob/master/doc/syntax.html#footnote-reference
reagle on HN
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Markdown footnotes extensions (Python-Markdown, Hugo)
From 2 comments
Something different. I have been using Markdown Footnotes extension [1] and found its syntax to be natural to Markdown. Here's the same sample as OP in Markdown Footnotes syntax.…
richsu-ca on HNYes, for example in Hugo [0] I can do this: This is some text with a footnote.[^1] [^1]: And that's the footnote. [0] https://gohugo.io/
teekert on HN
Pandoc markdown and djot
From 1 comment
I can’t see what this offers over pandoc markdown or it’s successor: https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/jgm/djot/blob/master/doc/syntax.html#footnote-reference
reagle on HN