[JFWooten4]

Summary

Add opt-in caret-free, numeric source-footnote markers for PDF Compiler's sourced [!QUOTE] blockquotes, modeled on the inline copied-footnote notation introduced in PDF-magic/viewer#187. The regular [^11] and [^11]: quotation markers continue to work with no setting change.

By default, [11] remains literal text because bracketed numbers also occur in quotations, bibliographies, and ordinary prose. Enable Inline numbered footnotes ([11]) in sourced blockquotes under Sections & TOC, or pass --quote-inline-number-footnotes to the CLI, to interpret matching markers in a sourced quote:

> [!QUOTE]
> First passage.[4] Later passage.[17]
> [4]: Source's original fourth footnote.
> [17]: Source's original seventeenth footnote.
> [!SOURCE] Author, *Work*

Behavior and compatibility

• The checkbox is unchecked by default. When disabled, [11] and [11]: remain literal instead of silently becoming citations or definitions.
• When enabled, only numeric caret-free references with a matching local definition in the same [!QUOTE] are converted to superscript footnotes. Source labels are preserved, including gaps such as 4 and 17.
• Quotation-local labels do not consume or renumber ordinary document [^key] footnotes. Independent quotations can reuse the same local numbers.
• Standard [^key] quote-local footnotes remain supported regardless of the toggle.
• Unmatched brackets, ordinary Markdown links and image labels are not interpreted as shorthand footnotes. Outside [!QUOTE] blocks, bracket-only numbers are unaffected.
• Source-footnote bodies still render inside the blockquote before the source attribution, retaining inline formatting. This is compiler-specific Markdown syntax, not a portable Markdown extension.

Integration

• Wire the feature through the Python renderer, the web compiler form, and the standalone CLI.
• The web option is included in existing exported/imported pdf-compiler-config.json settings, preserving the opt-in choice across sessions.
• Document both safe default syntax and shorthand syntax in the README.

Regression coverage

Updated the existing quotation tests so previously implicit bare-number recognition is explicitly enabled. Added tests for the disabled default, conflict avoidance, numeric-only/local-only substitution, web-generated PDF output, and config import/export behavior. The tests were added and the resulting Git tree and branch diff were verified, but the full suite was not executed in this connector workflow.

This updates the earlier quote-local footnote feature from #30; it does not change document-wide footnote numbering.

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