Variable: footnote-start-tag

footnote-start-tag is a customizable variable defined in footnote.el.gz.

Value

"["

Documentation

String used to denote start of numbered footnote.

Should not be set to the empty string. Customizing this variable has no effect on buffers already displaying footnotes.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/footnote.el.gz
;; The following three should be consumed by footnote styles.
(defcustom footnote-start-tag "["
  "String used to denote start of numbered footnote.
Should not be set to the empty string.  Customizing this variable
has no effect on buffers already displaying footnotes."
  :type 'string)