Matt Lundin <m...@imapmail.org> writes:
> Matt Lundin <m...@imapmail.org> writes:
>
>> I traced the problem to an extra forward-line added to
>> org-footnote-goto-local-insertion-point with commit
>> 145109dc4a6f161e4ad826bea9cc970363649280.
>>
>> The following patch fixes the sorting problem in org buffers. AFAICT, it
>> has no effect on footnote insertion in message mode buffers with
>> signatures. (Unfortunately, footnote sorting in message buffers with
>> signatures is broken both before and after this patch.)
>>
> My apologies. Please disregard this patch. It does not fix the issue and
> cause problems when creating footnotes.
>
> I'll take a closer look at the code when I get a chance.
The following patch fixes the sorting bug. It also inserts a blank line
above a new footnote definition, which is consistent with the spacing
that results when sorting footnotes.
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diff --git a/lisp/org-footnote.el b/lisp/org-footnote.el
index b6a9bca..f2b3489 100644
--- a/lisp/org-footnote.el
+++ b/lisp/org-footnote.el
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ or new, let the user edit the definition of the footnote."
;; Skip existing footnotes
(while (re-search-forward "^[[:space:]]*\\[[^]]+\\] " nil t)
(forward-line))
- (insert "[" label "] \n")
+ (insert "\n[" label "] \n")
(goto-char (1- (point)))
(message "Edit definition and go back with `C-c &' or, if unique, with
`C-c C-c'.")))
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ ENTRY is (fn-label num-mark definition)."
(when (re-search-forward (format ".\\[%s[]:]" (regexp-quote (car entry)))
nil t)
(org-footnote-goto-local-insertion-point)
- (insert (format "\n\n[%s] %s" (car entry) (nth 2 entry))))))
+ (insert (format "\n[%s] %s\n" (car entry) (nth 2 entry))))))
(defun org-footnote-goto-local-insertion-point ()
"Find insertion point for footnote, just before next outline heading."
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Best,
Matt
