pelican_footnote_linker

This is a Pelican plug-in that generates links between in-text references footnotes.

To use:

1. Add some reference in the article in the form of [ref#].

2. Add a heading that begins with the word "Footnotes". (This plug-in will look for h2, h3, and h4 elements that begin with the word "Footnotes".)

3. Add footnotes below the footnotes heading that begin with [ref#].

Example:

This article contains [ref1] some [ref2] references [ref3] to footnotes [ref4].
Sometimes, references are used more [ref1] than [ref2] once [ref3].

Footnotes
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[ref1] This is the first footnote.

[ref2] This is the second footnote.

[ref3] This is the third footnote.

[ref4] This is the fourth footnote.

Generates:

Customising the reference style

The reference style can be customised by setting REFERENCE_REGEX in the Pelican configuration file or by setting ReferenceRegex in the metadata for an individual article or page.

Example:

ReferenceRegex: \\[note=[a-z]+\\]

This is a sentence containing a reference [note=example].

Footnotes
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[note=example] This is a footnote.