Not a direct answer to your question, but: I find that inline footnotes solve a lot of problems: locality of reference is a huge deal both cognitively and for organization; they cannot be put in the wrong sections by mistake; they can't get numbers mixed up; they can't get deleted or commented without the corresponding part doing so in the normal case; it is not necessary to follow them to check to see if they are there or what they are or where they are; they can't get refiled or separated from their definitions by headline additions; and they trigger fewer numbering bugs.
They also, apparently, can be copied more easily. Samuel On 3/20/13, Florian Beck <f...@miszellen.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to copy subtrees between org-buffers, but `org-copy-subtree' > ignores footnotes (which is technically correct, I guess). Is there any > way to automate this? > -- > Florian Beck > > -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. ANYBODY can get it. There is NO hope without action. This means YOU.