#NOTES displays the footnotes (collected at the bottom of the page) which have been calculated during the display of the preceding tags. Whenever a tag, for which we calculate SPIP links using the propre filter or using another automatic process, contains some footnotes, these notes will be displayed by the #NOTES tag once they have all been calculated.
[(#BALISE|propre)]
#TEXTE
#NOTES
Details about footnotes
It is the traiter_raccourcis() function called by the propre filter which executes the (inc_notes_dist() function in the ecrire/inc/notes.php file, which temporarily stores the notes in memory. When the #NOTES tag is actually called, these notes are returned and then emptied from memory.
Say there is some text in the "Standfirst introduction" and more in the "Text" body of a given article as shown below:
// Introductory text:
In the intro, there is one [[Note A]] and another note [[Note B]]
// Main text:
In the text, there is one [[Note C]] and another note [[Note D]]
When the template is displayed, the two code examples below will generate different contents. The first will display all of the notes together, numbered from 1 to 4, after the contents of the text:
<BOUCLE_art(ARTICLES){id_article}>
#CHAPO
#TEXTE
#NOTES
</BOUCLE_art>
In the second example below, the notes of the "intro" are displayed first (numbered from 1 to 2), immediately after the contents of the #CHAPO tag, and then the notes from the text (also numbered from 1 to 2), are displayed after the contents of the #TEXTE tag:
<BOUCLE_art(ARTICLES){id_article}>
#CHAPO
#NOTES
#TEXTE
#NOTES
</BOUCLE_art>