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Footnotes

Section titled “Footnotes”

Add footnote references and definitions using standard markdown syntax.

Creating a footnote:

  1. Type [^id] anywhere in your text (e.g., [^1], [^note])
  2. A superscript number appears inline, and a footnote definition block is automatically appended at the end of the document
  3. Click the definition area to type the footnote content

Display:

  • References display as sequential numbers (1, 2, 3…) based on the order they appear in the document, regardless of identifier name
  • Definitions display as N. content ↩ — the number followed by the content and a back-arrow

Navigation:

  • Hover a reference to see a tooltip preview of the definition
  • Click a reference to scroll to the definition
  • Click the number or ↩ in the definition to scroll back to the reference

Example:

Einstein proposed E=mc²[^einstein] which revolutionized physics[^physics].


[^einstein]: Albert Einstein, 1905.
[^physics]: See "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies".

In the editor, [^einstein] displays as 1 and [^physics] as 2.

Editing tips:

  • Press Enter on an empty last line inside a definition to exit the block
  • Press Backspace at the start of the first line to lift the content out of the definition

YAML Frontmatter

Section titled “YAML Frontmatter”

YAML frontmatter at the top of a document is automatically detected and rendered as a structured block:

---
title: My Document
tags: [baram, markdown]
date: 2026-02-17
---