I want to know the answer to the following question:
How do most editors work around the reference problems of clear-text editing?
All the background I'm provided with is that "As Shillingsburg notes, "English scholarly editions have tended to use notes at the foot of the text page, indicating, tacitly, a greater modesty about the "established" text and drawing attention more forcibly to at least some of the alternative forms of the text".". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes