Sidenote

Special syntax for sidenotes is supported. Their syntax is reminiscent of traditional markdown footnotes. In markdown files, they look like this (without spaces around the left/right carrots):

This is what a left-sidenote[ < left] and a right-sidenote[ > right] look like.

[ < left]: the syntax looks similar to...
[ > right]: ...regular markdown footnotes.

Which, once rendered, looks like:

This is what a left-sidenote the syntax looks similar to…¹ and a right-sidenote …regular markdown footnotes. look like.

On medium to small sized screens, you can click on sidenote superscripts to show or hide their content.

Notable Quirks 🐝

• Sidenotes increment together, but separately from footnotes². So, for example, it’s possible for there to be a ‘1’ for both a standard markdown footnote and a sidenote.
• Sidenotes require an “\n” after each definition to parse properly. A warning will display if there are missing newlines (regardless of sidenotes).

Influences 🐝

• tufte css, for clean’n’simple sidenote css implementation.
• simply jekyll, how to implement tufte css in jekyll.
• gwern.net, for sidenote implementation comparisons.