Re: GSoC update; Q's about final/draft modes, and triggering footnotes

[Simon Albrecht]

On 03.07.2016 03:34, Jeffery Shivers wrote:
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on the following syntax for implementing 
> footnotes with annotations:
>
> \criticalRemark \with {
>     message = "my annotation"
> } #'(1 . 2) "my footnote" Slur a4_\the-footnote-hook ( ...
>
> vs.
>
> \criticalRemark \with {
>     message = "my annotation"
> footnote-offset = #'(1 . 2)
>     footnote-text = "my footnote"
> } Slur a4_\the-footnote-hook ( ...

The first is less keystrokes, but the second makes the code so much 
easier to read, that I prefer it. The keystrokes might be reduced by 
autocompletion in the editor.

> vs. either of the above *without* the need for the footnote hook at 
> all. I'm not totally sure how easy/possible it would be to automate 
> the footnote by the presence of offset/text arguments, but I certainly 
> think it would be work trying. Of course, I can see why taking away 
> that need for a hook could also be considered somewhat intrusive of 
> the package, so opinions *against* that would be good to hear.

It would be good to have a possibility of using the message as 
footnote-text, perhaps triggering the footnote through a boolean then.
I would certainly prefer not to need a footnote hook; it seems somewhat 
redundant from a user’s perspective.

Best, Simon