Re: footnote-init: problems and suggestions

I am not sure what you mean. Of course in latex you insert a footnote by the command \footenote{This is a footnote} . Auctex supports that, it even offers a sort of folding for making parts of the footnote invisible. However the footenote only appears after latex runs! So I don't see why this should in any way influence footnote-init which refers to the source code while latex(ed) footnote corresponded to the compiled source code. That why the way footenote-init initialize counters and the like seems to be me be influenced by the source code of the Latex document syntax like \documentclass[12pt]{article} might be the culprit. So the latex situation is completely different. Which gives me the opportunity to discuss what the purpose of footnote is. I see 2, - in messages/mail etc footnotes are inserted for their Original purpose to generate well footnotes. - in other modes I would like to (mis)use them as navigations tools such as bookmarks. I simply jump to the end of the buffer, I read the foottenotes and jump to the relevant point of the footnote counter/marker. You might say that there are dozens of other packages around which are made for exactly purpose. Xref, bookmarks, bm to name a few. They have only one disadvantage, they don't conserve the bookmarks on the long time run. Bookmark is doing best, but it is sort of uncomfortable: you have to edit the corresponding centralized file where all the bookmarks are storted. Bm, using similar ideas, is more convenient but unfortunately more unstable: on the long time does loose track of bookmarks. I was not even able to send a useful bug report on that issue I just observe rather helpless that the bookmarks disappear. Xref save the relevant information in the local variable section at end of the file. However in latex file with font looks and xsymbols sooner or later these marks are gone. And that is what I find so attractive about the misuse I have in mind: you scan the buffer and initialize the relevant variables. However in code files such as lisp or say Matlab, inserting footnotes plainly for this purpose is not a very good idea that is why I suggest to include the comment syntax if needed. Uwe _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta