Ash: Add working examples and usage instructions for note boxes and footnotes

2026-10-29T19:08:15Z

Add working examples and usage instructions for note boxes and footnotes

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<lecture number="1" title="Footnotes" date="2026-10-29" />
{{Notice|title=Pale blue note|body=Note boxes now use a pale blue fill, with a matching subtle border.}}
== Adding a footnote ==
Add a footnote after a sentence.{{Footnote|body=This is a footnote. It is numbered automatically and collected below.}}
<pre>Some text.{{Footnote|body=Your footnote text.}}</pre>
Type '''fn''' and press '''Tab''' in the editor to insert one. Hover or focus its number for a preview; click it to jump to the note, then use ↩ to return.

== Reusing a footnote ==
A named note can be used more than once.{{Footnote|name=frames|body=This result is stated in the rest frame. Use the same name to refer to this note again.}}
Here is the same note again.{{Footnote|name=frames}}
<pre>{{Footnote|name=frames|body=The footnote text.}}
{{Footnote|name=frames}}</pre>
Use '''fnn''' for a named note and '''fnr''' to repeat it.

== Maths and formatting ==
Footnotes support ordinary wiki formatting and inline maths.{{Footnote|body=For a massless particle, $E=pc$. You can use ''italics'', '''bold''' and [[Main Page|wiki links]] too.}}
{{Notice|title=Inside a note box|body=Footnotes also work inside boxes.{{Footnote|body=This footnote comes from inside a note box.}}}}
Use the named '''body=''' argument so equals signs in maths work correctly. Escape a literal pipe as <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>, as in other wiki templates.

The footnote list is added automatically. No separate list tag is needed. It is included in lecture and module print output.

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Ash: Add working examples and usage instructions for note boxes and footnotes