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Update Footnote markdown example syntax to properly display multiline footnotes in *.md pages #40888

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Revise footnote line break instructions
timothyhull Oct 16, 2025
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Merge pull request #1 from timothyhull/timothyhull/footnote-syntax-co…
timothyhull Oct 16, 2025
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Modify footnote to allow multiple lines
timothyhull Oct 16, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into main
Sharra-writes Oct 27, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ Here is a simple footnote[^1].
A footnote can also have multiple lines[^2].
[^1]: My reference.
[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces.
This is a second line.
[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, add 2 spaces to the end of a line.
This is a second line.
```

The footnote will render like this:
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