Footnotes as files --- text for docs, "editor/working with footnotes"

[GregSchofield]

The standard method for making footnotes places them at the end of the current file. To reuse the same footnote for other projects, and/or as part the Zettelkasten, creating a note-file uses the Zettlr Projects method to compile and typeset the document.

An auto-generated footnote number may easily be misidentified; it is important to always use unique references; [^unique-name]. Because Zettlr Projects processes files in the order they appear in the directory side-bar the note-file must appear last in the side-bar replacing ^ with a low-order prefix, e.g. “zunique-name.md”.

A simple example: A footnote quote from a book, ‘Robert Jones Esoteric Studies (1976)’ using initials[^JRes1976p.1] and when more than one quote starts on the same page append ‘a’ or ‘b’ . Other types of notes might be given a series number [^zn0001] or a Zettlr ID.

Using a YAML header containing title: ‘description’will show a description in the side-bar without changing its list position. Include anid: ‘zettlr-id’ and the Zettlr ID will appear beneath the description. Numbers appear before letters, do not use numeric Zettlr IDs; the note’s filename must have a low-order prefix.

Comments are another way to hide extraneous data, here a quote from a letter is referenced <!-- [[20201028210747]] zEF2MF1893p.191a.md -->. To open the file, from either a comment or the YAML header, copy the Zettlr ID to ‘Find’ menu-box.