Re: [O] Warning about section named "Footnotes"

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Arni Magnusson <address@hidden> writes:

> I was using Org to write a software manual with a structure along the
> lines of:
>
>
> * Equations
>
> How to write equations in software FOO.
>
> * Footnotes
>
> How to write footnotes in software FOO.
>
> * Images
>
> How to insert images in software FOO.
>
>
> When I exported the document (to LaTeX and HTML), I was puzzled to
> find that one of the sections was not exported at all...
>
> After investigating the problem for a while, I realized that if
> a section is named "Footnotes" the default behavior of Org is to
> ignore it silently.
>
> My solution was to set `org-footnote-section' to nil.
>
>
> I think it would help Org users if:
>
> 1. Org export (to LaTeX, HTML, etc.) emits an error or a prominent warning
>    when it ignores an entire section like this.

It shouldn't. This is the expected behaviour.

> 2. The manual would warn the user about this behavior with a prominent
>    warning.

Would you mind suggesting a change to the manual?


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou