From 291a09e537ae0eef20dd17b0fe1d3bc0a87b9707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: smcv Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 05:48:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] discount (as used on this wiki) can do footnotes, but they aren't enabled by ikiwiki --- doc/bugs/footnotes-look-weird.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bugs/footnotes-look-weird.mdwn b/doc/bugs/footnotes-look-weird.mdwn index 3fb8f4bfd..86a132333 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/footnotes-look-weird.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/footnotes-look-weird.mdwn @@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ screen readers), as detailed in [this Stack Overflow discussion][]. > If so, please report that as a MultiMarkdown bug, not an ikiwiki bug, > or alternatively don't use MultiMarkdown. > +> The recommended backend for the [[plugins/mdwn]] plugin is +> [[!cpan Text::Markdown::Discount]], which optionally implements +> footnotes using the same syntax as MultiMarkdown (originating in +> "PHP Markdown Extra"). However, ikiwiki doesn't currently enable +> that particular feature. Maybe it should, at least via a site-wide +> option. +> > What remains after eliminating the MultiMarkdown bug seems to be: > ikiwiki's default stylesheet does not contain the necessary styling > to work around the non-semantic markup produced by the non-default -- 2.39.2