When creating t/63172/79, I noticed that:
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…produces:
…whereas:
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[^2]: [^4]
[^4]: placeholder
…produces:
GitHub and GitLab-Flavoured Markdown support this. Being able to nest visible content in side a footnote is important. This solely appears to affect the appear-upon-hover mode.

