I set org-footnote-section to 'nil, in order to be able to refile without leaving footnotes behind. The downside of this is that footnotes get in the way. I would prefer to have them in drawers. Wouldn't it be a good idea to introduce the variable org-footnote-drawer, which, if it contains a string, puts all footnotes into drawers named by the content of that string?[fn:1]
:fn: [fn:1] Like this, if the string is "fn". :end:
