— id: 95a80b4157 title: Sidenotes desc: '' updated: 1623870486255 created: 1620408418339

tags: “U0001F331”

Special syntax for sidenotes is supported. Their syntax is reminiscent of traditional markdown footnotes. In markdown files, they look like this (without spaces around the left/right carrots):

This is what a left-sidenote[ < left] and a right-sidenote[ > right] look like.

[ < left]: the syntax looks similar to...
[ > right]: ...regular markdown footnotes.

Which, once rendered, looks like:


This is what a right-sidenote and a Notable Quirks

Influences

Proposal

Would Kramdown be interested in integrating this functionality?

[<left]: the syntax looks similar to…{*2}[rdoc-label:foottext-2:footmark-2]

[>right]: …regular markdown footnotes.


1 A regular markdown footnote.

2 Left sidenotes are functional for completeness sake, but this theme is not optimized for them as their placement above the [[features.site-nav.graph]] is rather awkward.