Thread: quick way to insert footnotes in sigil?
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Old 04-18-2016, 10:17 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Turtle91 View Post
Pop-outs would be way-mo-betta than either footnotes or endnotes in an ebook format.
Popup footnotes? Bleh!

Back in 2014 we had a thorough discussion in the topic of footnotes in ebooks:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=241177

in Post #47, Faterson laid out what I believe are the 4 different methods for displaying footnotes in an ebook:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...26#post2972226

I believe all 4 are equally valid preferences.

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Originally Posted by Turtle91 View Post
I have to admit I haven't researched that capability much, but IIRC that is an ePub3 capability generally, rather than a specific device, isn't it??
Yeah, in EPUB3 they want you to wrap everything in <a epub:type="noteref"> + <aside epub:type="footnote">:

http://www.idpf.org/accessibility/gu...html/notes.php
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