HTML writer: Use different structure for epub footnotes. #8676
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Many EPUB readers are thrown off by pandoc's current footnote output. Both the ol and the fact that the footnote backlink is at the end of the note seem to pose problems. With this commit, we now create a list of aside (or div) elements, instead of an ordered list. Each element begins with a note number that is linked back to the note reference. (So, the backlink occurs at the beginning rather than the end.) References: - https://kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf - http:https://kb.daisy.org/publishing/docs/html/notes.html See #8672, closes #5583. Thanks to @Porges and @lewer.
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One note: I tried this on macos Books and got a duplicated note number:
The big note number is apparently being added by Books app. Let me know what you see on Kindle and other readers. |
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Thanks a lot for this @jgm. Here's what I have with Kindle (tested with Kindle previewer) and Google Play Books. The result is great, footnotes appear individually in the popup. Kindle and Google Play Books are able to retrieve the note's number and a title is added to the popup: Footnote number ... Just to let you know: in the epub source, there's an empty line between the
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I've pushed a fix for the newlines. |
Many EPUB readers are thrown off by pandoc's current footnote output. Both the ol and the fact that the footnote backlink is at the end of the note seem to pose problems.
With this commit, we now create a list of aside (or div) elements, instead of an ordered list. Each element begins with a note number that is linked back to the note reference. (So, the backlink occurs at the beginning rather than the end.)
References:
Obsoletes #8672, closes #5583.
Thanks to @Porges and @lewer.