The stars (*) shouldn't be present when footnotes are turned off. They should also do something useful when turned on!
The stars for footnotes have been completely removed in subversion r129 (post 0.3). Probably the footnotes feature will be removed altogether.
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The stars for footnotes have been completely removed in subversion r129 (post 0.3). Probably the footnotes feature will be removed altogether.