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# markdown-it-footnote.rs
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A [markdown-it.rs](https://crates.io/crates/markdown-it) plugin to process footnotes.
It is based on the [pandoc definition](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#footnotes):
```md
Normal footnote:
Here is a footnote reference,[^1] and another.[^longnote]
Here is an inline note.^[my note is here!]
[^1]: Here is the footnote.
[^longnote]: Here's one with multiple blocks.
Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they
belong to the previous footnote.
```
See the [tests](tests/fixtures) for more examples.
## Usage
To load the full plugin:
```rust
let parser = &mut markdown_it::MarkdownIt::new();
markdown_it::plugins::cmark::add(parser);
md_footnote::add(parser);
let ast = parser.parse("Example^[my note]");
let html = ast.render();
```
Alternatively, you can load the separate components:
```rust
let parser = &mut markdown_it::MarkdownIt::new();
markdown_it::plugins::cmark::add(parser);
md_footnote::definitions::add(md);
md_footnote::references::add(md);
md_footnote::inline::add(md);
md_footnote::collect::add(md);
md_footnote::back_refs::add(md);
```
Which have the following roles:
- `definitions`: parse footnote definitions, e.g. `[^1]: foo`
- `references`: parse footnote references, e.g. `[^1]`
- `inline`: parse inline footnotes, e.g. `^[foo]`
- `collect`: collect footnote definitions (removing duplicate/unreferenced ones) and move them to be the last child of the root node.
- `back_refs`: add anchor(s) to footnote definitions, with links back to the reference(s)