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12.3 Footnotes
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A "footnote" is for a reference that documents or elucidates the primary
text.(1)  Footnotes are distracting; use them sparingly at most, and it
is best to avoid them completely.  Standard bibliographical references
are better placed in a bibliography at the end of a document instead of
in footnotes throughout.

Footnote Commands

How to write a footnote in Texinfo.

Footnote Styles

Controlling how footnotes appear in Info.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) A footnote should complement or expand upon the primary text, but
a reader should not need to read a footnote to understand the primary
text.  For a thorough discussion of footnotes, see 'The Chicago Manual
of Style', which is published by the University of Chicago Press.