Skip footnote section if there are none

novelwriter/core/tohtml.py

@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ class ToHtml(Tokenizer):
 
     def appendFootnotes(self) -> None:
         """Append the footnotes in the buffer."""
+        if self._footnotes:
             tags = HTML4_TAGS if self._genMode == self.M_PREVIEW else HTML5_TAGS
             footnotes = self._localLookup("Footnotes")
 

novelwriter/core/tomd.py

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ class ToMarkdown(Tokenizer):
 
     def appendFootnotes(self) -> None:
         """Append the footnotes in the buffer."""
+        if self._footnotes:
             tags = STD_MD if self._genMode == self.M_STD else EXT_MD
             footnotes = self._localLookup("Footnotes")