On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:37:04 -0700, "Bob Stayton" <
bobs@...>
wrote:
> I believe the statement in the documentation is saying that footnotes
> should not contain indexterms at all. I cannot tell you why, though.
I guess that's a possible interpretation. But the documentation for
'footnote' says that 'indexterm' is a possible child of footnote, and the
documentation for 'indexterm' says that 'footnote' is a possible parent of
'indexterm'. So my interpretation was that an indexterm could not appear
inside a para which in turn appeared inside a footnote. But like you, I'm
not sure why.
Another constraint is that 'footnote must not occur in the descendants of
footnote'. That makes perfect sense; you wouldn't want a footnote inside a
para inside a footnote, any more than you would want a 'footnote' as an
immediate parent or child of 'footnote'. But I'm not sure why you wouldn't
want an indexterm there.
I just now noticed that 'equation' is in the same boat as 'indexterm':
'equation' is listed as a possible child of 'footnote', and vice versa.
But the documentation for 'footnote' says "equation must not occur in the
descendants of footnote." But 'equation' can occur inside a 'para'. Maybe
it's forbidden in the descendants of footnotes because 'equation's are
expected to be "Formatted as a displayed block", rather than as inlines?
(Whereas 'mathphrase' is intended for inline formatting, and is not
forbidden among the descendants of footnote.)
Mike Maxwell
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