Index: jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTLexer.java
diff -u jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTLexer.java:1.16 jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTLexer.java:1.17
--- jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTLexer.java:1.16	Thu May  3 16:37:08 2007
+++ jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTLexer.java	Fri May  4 16:23:28 2007
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* *##%
  * Copyright (C) 2006
- *     Code Lutin, Cédric Pineau, Benjamin Poussin
+ *     Code Lutin, C�dric Pineau, Benjamin Poussin
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
  * Created: 28 oct. 06 00:44:20
  *
  * @author poussin
- * @version $Revision: 1.16 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.17 $
  *
- * Last update: $Date: 2007/05/03 16:37:08 $
+ * Last update: $Date: 2007/05/04 16:23:28 $
  * by : $Author: sletellier $
  */
 
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 /**
  * Le principe est de positionner la mark du {@link AdvancedReader} lors du
  * debut d'une methode peek*, puis a la fin de la methode de regarder le nombre
- * de caractere utilisé pour la methode et de faire un reset.
+ * de caractere utilis� pour la methode et de faire un reset.
  * <p>
- * Le nombre de caractere utilisé servira pour le remove lorsque l'utilisateur
- * indiquera qu'il utilise l'element retourné, si l'utilisateur n'appelle pas
+ * Le nombre de caractere utilis� servira pour le remove lorsque l'utilisateur
+ * indiquera qu'il utilise l'element retourn�, si l'utilisateur n'appelle pas
  * remove alors il peut relire autant de fois qu'il veut le meme element, ou
  * essayer d'en lire un autre.
  * <p>
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
     	Element result = null;
     	String line = in.readLine();
     	if (line != null){
-    		// Le header est parsé des le debut 
+    		// Le header est pars� des le debut 
     		if (line.matches("^\\s*.. "+HEADER+":: .*")){
     			result= DocumentHelper.createElement("remove").addAttribute("level", ""+level(line));
     		}
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@
             	              - Second item in bullet
             	                list (row 3, column 2).
             	============  ======
-                devient l'équivalent :
+                devient l'�quivalent :
                 =====  =====  ======
             	   Inputs     Output
             	------------  ------
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@
         Element result = null;
         String line = in.readLine();
         if (line!=null){
-	        if (line.matches("^\\s*\\.\\.\\s\\[(#|[0-9]).*\\]\\s.+$")){
+	        if (line.matches("^\\s*\\.\\.\\s\\[(#|[0-9]|\\*).*\\]\\s.+$")){
 	        	result  = DocumentHelper.createElement("footnotes");
 	        	boolean bLine = false;
 		        do{	   
@@ -1740,7 +1740,10 @@
 						   		
 					   			result.addAttribute("level", ""+level(line));
 					   			String id = line.substring(matcher.end(), i);
-					   			if (id.matches("[0-9]")){
+					   			if (id.matches("\\*")){
+					   				footnote.addAttribute("type", "autoSymbol");
+					   			}
+					   			else if (id.matches("[0-9]")){
 					   				footnote.addAttribute("type", "num");
 					   				footnote.addAttribute("name", id);
 					   			}
@@ -1756,7 +1759,7 @@
 					   			int levelAv = level(line);
 					   			line = in.readLine();
 					   			if (line!=null){
-					   				if (line.matches("^\\s*\\.\\.\\s\\[(#|[0-9]).*\\]\\s.+$")){
+					   				if (line.matches("^\\s*\\.\\.\\s\\[(#|[0-9]|\\*).*\\]\\s.+$")){
 					   					bLine=true;
 					   				}else if (!line.matches("\\s")){
 					   					
@@ -1771,7 +1774,7 @@
 					   				}
 					   				if (!bLine){
 					   					in.skipBlankLines();
-						   				String[] linesTmp = in.readWhile("^\\s*\\.\\.\\s\\[(#|[0-9]).*\\]\\s.+$");
+						   				String[] linesTmp = in.readWhile("^\\s*\\.\\.\\s\\[(#|[0-9]|\\*).*\\]\\s.+$");
 						   				
 						   				if (linesTmp.length>0){
 						   					line=linesTmp[0];

Index: jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/ReStructuredText.java
diff -u jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/ReStructuredText.java:1.5 jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/ReStructuredText.java:1.6
--- jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/ReStructuredText.java:1.5	Thu May  3 16:37:08 2007
+++ jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/ReStructuredText.java	Fri May  4 16:23:28 2007
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* *##%
  * Copyright (C) 2006
- *     Code Lutin, Cédric Pineau, Benjamin Poussin
+ *     Code Lutin, Cédric Pineau, Benjamin Poussin
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
  * Created: 27 oct. 06 11:10:30
  *
  * @author poussin
- * @version $Revision: 1.5 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
  *
- * Last update: $Date: 2007/05/03 16:37:08 $
+ * Last update: $Date: 2007/05/04 16:23:28 $
  * by : $Author: sletellier $
  */
 
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     public static final String BULLET_CHAR = "*" + "+" + "-" + "\u2022" + "\u2023" + "\u2043";
     public static final String DOCINFO_ITEM =
         "author|authors|organization|address|contact|version|revision|status|date|copyright";
-   // public static final String ADMONITION = "admonition|caution|danger|error|hint|important|note|tip|warning";
+    public static final String FOOTNOTE_SYMBOL = "*†‡§¶#♠♥♦♣";
+    // public static final String ADMONITION = "admonition|caution|danger|error|hint|important|note|tip|warning";
     //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     // Root Element
     //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@
     public static final Pattern REGEX_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("(http://[-/%#&\\._\\w]+)([^-/%#&\\._\\w]|$)");
     public static final Pattern REGEX_INLINE_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("`(.+) ?&lt;(http://[-/%#&\\._\\w]+)&gt;`_");
     public static final Pattern REGEX_EMAIL = Pattern.compile("(^|[^_\\w])([-\\._\\w]+@[-\\._\\w]+)([^-\\._\\w]|$)");
-    public static final Pattern REGEX_FOOTNOTE_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("\\[(#|[0-9])\\w*\\]_");
+    public static final Pattern REGEX_FOOTNOTE_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("\\[(#|[0-9]|\\*)\\w*\\]_");
     		//"\\[([0-9]+?|#)\\]");
     public static final Pattern REGEX_CITATION_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("\\[([^\\]]+?)\\]");
     public static final Pattern REGEX_SUBSTITUTION_REFERENCE = Pattern.compile("\\|([^|]+?)\\|");

Index: jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTReader.java
diff -u jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTReader.java:1.16 jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTReader.java:1.17
--- jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTReader.java:1.16	Thu May  3 16:37:08 2007
+++ jrst2/src/java/org/codelutin/jrst/JRSTReader.java	Fri May  4 16:23:28 2007
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* *##%
  * Copyright (C) 2006
- *     Code Lutin, Cédric Pineau, Benjamin Poussin
+ *     Code Lutin, Cédric Pineau, Benjamin Poussin
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
  * Created: 27 oct. 06 00:15:34
  *
  * @author poussin
- * @version $Revision: 1.16 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.17 $
  *
- * Last update: $Date: 2007/05/03 16:37:08 $
+ * Last update: $Date: 2007/05/04 16:23:28 $
  * by : $Author: sletellier $
  */
 
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@
     protected Map<String, JRSTDirective> directives = new HashMap<String, JRSTDirective>();
     
     private int idMax = 0;
+    private int symbolMax = 0;
+    private int symbolMaxRef = 0;
     private LinkedList lblFootnotes = new LinkedList();
     private LinkedList lblFootnotesRef = new LinkedList();
     private LinkedList eFootnotes = new LinkedList();
@@ -644,6 +646,7 @@
      * @return Element
      * @throws Exception 
      */
+    // TODO bug caractere speciaux : auto-symbols
     private Element[] composeFootnote(Element item) throws Exception {
     	Element[] result=null;
     	if (itemEquals("footnotes", item) ) {
@@ -674,6 +677,9 @@
 		    	if (type.equals("autoNum") || type.equals("autoNumLabel")){
 		    		result[cnt].addAttribute("auto", "1");
 		    	}
+		    	if (type.equals("autoSymbol")){
+		    		result[cnt].addAttribute("auto", "*");
+		    	}
 		    	result[cnt].addAttribute("backrefs","id"+idMax);
 		    	efootnote.addAttribute("backrefs", "id"+idMax);
 		    	if (type.equals("num") || type.equals("autoNumLabel")){
@@ -697,13 +703,26 @@
 		    		if (type.equals("autoNum"))
 		    			name = label;
 		    	}
+		    	if (type.equals("autoSymbol")){
+		    		symbolMax++;
+		    		int nb = Math.abs(symbolMax/10)+1;
+		    		char symbol = FOOTNOTE_SYMBOL.charAt(symbolMax%10);
+		    		label="";
+		    		for (int j=0;j<nb;j++){
+		    			label+=symbol;
+		    		}
+		    		
+		    	}
 		    	result[cnt].addAttribute("id", ""+id);
 		    	efootnote.addAttribute("id", ""+id);
-		    	result[cnt].addAttribute("name", ""+name);
-		    	efootnote.addAttribute("name", ""+name);
+		    	if (!type.equals("autoSymbol")){
+		    		result[cnt].addAttribute("name", ""+name);
+		    		efootnote.addAttribute("name", ""+name);
+		    	}
 		    	result[cnt].addElement("label").setText(""+label);
 		    	efootnote.addAttribute("label", ""+label);
-	    		lblFootnotes.add(Integer.parseInt(label));
+		    	if (!type.equals("autoSymbol"))
+		    		lblFootnotes.add(Integer.parseInt(label));
 	    		efootnote.addAttribute("type", type);
 	    		eFootnotes.add(efootnote);
 	    		
@@ -972,7 +991,7 @@
             List<Element> cells = (List<Element>)rows.get(r).selectNodes(JRSTLexer.CELL); 
             for (int c=0; c<cells.size(); c++) {
                 Element cell = cells.get(c);
-                // si la cellule a ete utilisé pour un regroupement vertical on la passe
+                // si la cellule a ete utilisé pour un regroupement vertical on la passe
                 if (!"true".equals(cell.attributeValue("used"))) {
                     Element entry = row.addElement(ENTRY);
                     String text = "";
@@ -986,7 +1005,7 @@
                         tmpCell = (Element)rows.get(r + morerows).selectSingleNode(
                                 JRSTLexer.CELL+"[@"+JRSTLexer.CELL_INDEX_START+"="+cellStart+"]");
                         text += tmpCell.getText();
-                        // on marque la cellule comme utilisé
+                        // on marque la cellule comme utilisé
                         tmpCell.addAttribute("used", "true");
                     } while (!"true".equals(tmpCell.attributeValue(JRSTLexer.CELL_END)));
                                  
@@ -1342,7 +1361,27 @@
         	for (int i=0;i<sFootnote.length() && !done;i++){
         		if (sFootnote.charAt(i)==']'){
         			String id = sFootnote.substring(1,i);
-        			if (id.matches("[1-9]+")){
+        			if (id.equals("*")){
+        				symbolMaxRef++;
+    		    		int nb = Math.abs(symbolMaxRef/10)+1;
+    		    		char symbol = FOOTNOTE_SYMBOL.charAt(symbolMaxRef%10);
+    		    		String label="";
+    		    		for (int j=0;j<nb;j++){
+    		    			label+=symbol;
+    		    		}
+    		    		footnote.addAttribute("auto", "*");
+    		    		for (int j=0; j<eFootnotes.size();j++){
+        					Element eFootnote=(Element)eFootnotes.get(j);
+        					if (eFootnote.attributeValue("label").equals(label)){
+
+    	    		    		
+        						footnote.addAttribute("id", eFootnote.attributeValue("backrefs"));
+        						footnote.addAttribute("refid", eFootnote.attributeValue("id"));
+        						
+        					}
+        				}
+    		    		footnote.setText(label);
+        			}else if (id.matches("[1-9]+")){
         				
         				for (int j=0; j<eFootnotes.size();j++){
         					Element eFootnote=(Element)eFootnotes.get(j);