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The Famous Recursive Footnote
The Artist Formerly Known as Nerd42 Started conversation Dec 8, 2003
I wanted to put in the Famous Recursive Footnote from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy INFOCOM Computer Game in a Guide entry, and make it look just the same. 
don't see how with this footnote system. 
Nerd42
The Famous Recursive Footnote
E G Mel Posted Dec 8, 2003
What exactly is the famous recurrsive footnote?
Mel 
The Famous Recursive Footnote
The Artist Formerly Known as Nerd42 Posted Dec 8, 2003
it's like this *1
burp! *2
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*1 this is the famous recursive footnote*1
*2 excuse me. Nerd42
The Famous Recursive Footnote
E G Mel Posted Dec 8, 2003
<./>GuideML-FOOTNOTE</.>
This explains the use of the footnote tag and since the numbering seems to not have any override feature I'd imagine that what you want to do cannot be done using the footnote tag alone.
However, you should be able to do it by hand by putting a link at the end of the footnote text that links to the footnote in question. (though you'll have to update this everytime you add extra footnotes before it!)
eg:
This is the famous recursive footnote 1
Where Anum is the Anumber of your page. I have tested it here <./>A559695</.> you will need to change the numbers if it's not the first footnote on your page.
Mel
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The Artist Formerly Known as Nerd42 Posted Dec 8, 2003
I will use it gladly.
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