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+//  Released as CC0: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+//   by Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@ebb.org>
+
+$(function() {
+$( ".footnote-mark" ).tooltip({
+    items: "a",
+    hide: { duration: 5000 },
+    position: {
+        my: "center bottom-20",
+        at: "center left",
+        using: function( position, feedback ) {
+            $( this ).css( position );
+            $( "<div>" )
+                .addClass( "arrow" )
+                .addClass( feedback.vertical )
+                .addClass( feedback.horizontal )
+                .appendTo( this );
+        }
+    },
+    content: function() {
+        var element = $( this );
+        if ( element.is( 'a' ) ) {
+            var footnoteVal = element.attr( "href" );
+            return tex4ht[footnoteVal.substring(footnoteVal.search("#") + 1)];
+        }
+    }});
+});
+// $(function() {
+// $( document ).tooltip({
+// content: function() {
+//     var element = $( this );
+//     return "HI";
+// }});});