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Block quote in bookdown/rmarkdown footnotes

I am writing in thesisdown (based on bookdown). One of my footnotes contains a rather long quote, and the ^[footnote text] doesn't work, since,

if I use

hey^[as he says:
> some quotes
]

gives " as he says: > some quotes" in the foornote, and if I write like this:

hey^[

as he says:
> some quotes

]

or this:

hey^[
as he says:

> some quotes
]

it interprets it as normal text in the body, not footnote.

How can I do this? Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • For footnotes with multiple paragraphs you should use the regular footnote syntax. In your case:

    hey[^1]

[^1]: as he says:

    > some quotes

    regular text

    Note the indentation of the following paragraphs with four spaces.