Re: [docbook-apps] invisible footnote (in note) in qandaset whenusing FOP to generate a .pdf

[Vincent Hennebert <vincent.hennebert@anyware-tech.com>]

Hi Paul,

Paul Stubbe wrote:
> I do not know if the following issue is a docbook or a FOP issue.
> But as a happy Docbook user, I start my search for a solution on this list.
> 
> The footnote content is lost (?) during the fo to pdf processing whenever I
> put a footnote in a qandaset.
> Is this because of a wrong usage of docbook or a problem with my tool chain?

You hit bug #37579 [1]: footnotes in tables and lists get lost. And it 
appears that qandaset are rendered using lists in FO.

I’m afraid there is no straightforward solution. If you absolutely need 
footnotes in qandaset you would have to customize the XSLT template for 
qandaset and avoid using lists or tables to render them. Not exactly 
simple.

Of course fixing the bug is the best long-term solution, but that 
requires some development.

Sorry,
Vincent

[1] http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37579