[SOLVED] Error on footnote numbering using Refnotes 1.8.3 (due to conflict with KaTex plugin)

[Mohammad]

@daretobelieve

Just for your information, I try to increase the number of footnote in the tiddler and it behaves the same. It only shows number 1

This example shows four footnotes
Simple example footnote on https://kookma.github.io/TW-Refnotes

[daretobelieve]

@Mohammad

Yes, I mean start with empty.html (vanilla TW)
Add Refnotes (perhaps latest is better)
Test the case you gave above

I download empty.html
I go to main window of tiddly desktop
I click add wiki file, I choose empty.html
I install the refnotes 1.8.3 by drag and drop
I reload the tiddly desktop

@Mohammad

This example shows four footnotes
Simple example footnote on https://kookma.github.io/TW-Refnotes

I go to above link and copy to clipboard
I make a new tiddler and paste the text that shows 4 footnotes
I save it and it shows 4 footnotes exactly as the examples

So far I can conclude there is something wrong with my own wiki settings that cause the refnote plugin to behave strangely because by using empty.html I can not reproduce the bug.

Apologize me because I’m a newbie in tiddlywiki and I am not expert on coding so I don’t know what is the cause of bug? Perhaps you can guide me more so that we can find the cause and fix it

Thank you so much for your help
Best regards

[Mohammad]

@daretobelieve

So far I can conclude there is something wrong with my own wiki settings that cause the refnote plugin to behave strangely because by using empty.html I can not reproduce the bug.

Yes, I think your wiki has plugins or settings cause this!
But to get idea of how footnote works. It uses a css class with counter.

See for example this page, explains auto number using CSS: Advanced Autonumbering Techniques with CSS (clickhelp.com)

@daretobelieve

Apologize me because I’m a newbie in tiddlywiki and I am not expert on coding so I don’t know what is the cause of bug? Perhaps you can guide me more so that we can find the cause and fix it

No problem at all. Tiddlywiki Community is very welcoming. I may not have your answer, but there are nice people here to help you!

Good luck

[daretobelieve]

@Mohammad

Yes, I think your wiki has plugins or settings cause this!

Hi thanks for supporting me back and forth
I have found the answer

I analyze all the plugin I have and I suspect the editor autolist plugin I download from stroll

I delete the plugin and now my footnote numbering is shown 1, 2, 3, 4, etc so on. It works normally now !!! PTL

My question now, how should I tell everyone that some annoying bug happen if we install refnote plugin with editor autolist plugin from Stroll? In short, how will this finding can be a benefit for others?

Thanks and
Best regards

[Mohammad]

@daretobelieve

I analyze all the plugin I have and I suspect the editor autolist plugin I download from stroll

I delete the plugin and now my footnote numbering is shown 1, 2, 3, 4, etc so on. It works normally now !!! PTL

I know the autolist plugin was developed by @saqimtiaz. I will check it with the Refnotes again!

[Mohammad]

Some hints:

• I normally use author plugin libraries if exist, so I try to install the original plugins
  • For Saq Autolist you can down load from his page: direct link is: Editor AutoLists —
  • Just drag and drop into your wiki
• I also use links.tiddlywiki.org — TiddlyWiki community links as one of the source of community plugins
• CPL is also a good resources

Refnotes + Autolist

• I downloaded the latest Refnotes from: Refnotes 1.8.3 — references, citations, footnotes and abbreviations in Tiddlywiki
• I installed autolist from @saqimtiaz GitHub repo (direct link Editor AutoLists —)
• They works with together, no issue!

The Refnotes Demo wiki (list of installed plugins)

[daretobelieve]

Hi !
Sorry if this new message brings you some bad news.
Some things happen since the last time I send message here. So after I fall into rejoice due to the numbering is working, I sent message here to give report. Afterwards, I go back to my tiddlydesktop and I want to edit my tiddler.

Recall that I have deleted the Editor Autolist, when I click the pencil icon to edit, suddenly the tiddler said that “you are missing edit-comptext widget” (I’m sorry I forgot to save the screenshot) and I’m stuck, I can not edit all tiddler I had since the beginning of time.

Because Editor Autolist and edit-comptext are one package from stroll, I try to uninstall all the plugins. I follow the instructions using $:/AdvancedSearch.

Now all the stroll plugins have been removed and I can edit my tiddler again. But the footnote numbering now is error again, it only shows number 1 like I show in the first message.

I did several testing again

1. I close tiddlydesktop, open up again, nothing changes (the footnote numbering is still showing number 1 only)
2. I uninstall refnote plugin and reinstall again using drag and drop method and nothing changes

Current condition :

1. I have only 3 plugin : core, katex and refnotes
2. I have only 2 themes : snow white and vanilla
3. No language installation

I’m not sure what else should I check to fix the error.

Thank you

[Mohammad]

IMPORTANT NOTE
Before any debugging, create few backups of you wiki and store in different places!
Continue your debugging on a copy of wiki!

@daretobelieve

I have only 3 plugin : core, katex and refnotes

I will test this for you!

[Mohammad]

The issue is with Katex. No worry!
I will return to you!

[Mohammad]

As an urgent solution for below case

@daretobelieve

Current condition :

1. I have only 3 plugin : core, katex and refnotes
2. I have only 2 themes : snow white and vanilla
3. No language installation

Download $__plugins_kookma_refnotes_styles_footnote-counter.json (592 Bytes)
drag and drop into your wiki [Make sure you have a backup before doing this]
This should solve the issue!

I will later push an update and will explain the solution in Refnotes!

[daretobelieve]

@Mohammad

Download $__plugins_kookma_refnotes_styles_footnote-counter.json (592 Bytes)
drag and drop into your wiki [Make sure you have a backup before doing this]
This should solve the issue!

Hi !
Sorry for very late reply due to timezone and I need to go my office.

I have download your file
I drag and drop to my Wiki and now footnote numbering goes right 1, 2, 3 so on
I try to edit my tiddler, everything went smooth no trouble at all.
I open a lot of my tiddler just to see if everything is okay, and it works, everything is fine now

Thank you for helping me gone through a lot of discussion back and forth!
Finally it solves. Allow me to edit the title of this discussion so anyone can come here if they stumble on the same problem like I did. I already vote your last message as the solution.

Best regards

[saqimtiaz]

FYI there is a newer version of the Editor AutoList plugin:

https://saqimtiaz.github.io/tw5-plugins-sandbox/#Editor%20AutoList

[Mohammad]

Hi Saq,
I use the SQPL to simply add plugins! I note the autolist is not included am I right?

[saqimtiaz]

My current thinking is that plugins need to be relatively stable to be available via SQPL. More experimental plugins will be available only via the sandbox site linked above, so that there is adequate opportunity to warn people about their experimental nature before installation.

[Ken]

I’m having a slightly different issue and am wondering if the fix provided in this note will work in my installation as well. Running latest tiddlywiki and latest Refnotes.

In my case there is no problem with the footnote numbering in the tiddler when it is displayed in the main tiddlywiki window. However, if I do an “open in new window”, the footnote references in the new window all become “1”. The footnote list is numbered correctly, and the "1"s in the text display the correct footnotes when clicked.

Thank you.

[Mohammad]

@Ken

In my case there is no problem with the footnote numbering in the tiddler when it is displayed in the main tiddlywiki window. However, if I do an “open in new window”, the footnote references in the new window all become “1”. The footnote list is numbered correctly, and the "1"s in the text display the correct footnotes when clicked.

Would you check this in the latest demo page of Refnotes?

• See Refnotes 1.8.6 — references, citations, footnotes and abbreviations in Tiddlywiki
• Open it in a new window. Do you have the issue reported here?

My experiment shows there is no issue!

[Ken]

When I follow your directions to open the demo, the correct numbers appear when I open the tiddler in a new window.

Not sure what the difference is. Does the demo have the fix you provided above?

The file linked to below contains a single file wiki that demonstrates the problem I see on my system, as well as a screen shot showing the “test footnotes” tiddler opened in a new window.

Footnote Issue.zip

I have the same issue with a node.js version of the file. If you’re interested, you can grab a copy here: GitHub - xpucadad/FootnoteProblem: Demonstrate issue with fn numbres.

Please let me know if there’s anything else you’d like.

Thanks,

Ken

[Mohammad]

I confirm the issue! Let me have a look this week end and return to you!

[Mohammad]

Check Refnotes 1.8.7

[Ken]

Thank you Mohammad.

I have verified that refnotes 1.8.7 fixes the problem when opening a tiddler in a new window.

I tried on my simple wiki, in both the single file version and the node.js version. I have also updated one of my “real” node.js based tiddly wikis (the one where I first noticed the problem) and verified that the problem has been addressed there.

Thank you for the quick responses and fix!

Ken