Re: [Moderator Action] Footnote discussions

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:28 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> I'm not sure if its beyond the scope of HTML but certainly authoring tools
> could do this. I think the autonumbering is one of the keys to the success
> of notes in MS Word.
>
>
CSS can do this with counters and the content property. Part of the
proposal should be a default user agent stylesheet.  I'll also raise the
issue with the CSSWG, which has been working on footnotes for decades.

Dave