Re: Footnotes documentation

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> "address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Le Dec 10, 2011 à 9:18 PM, David Kastrup a écrit :
>>>
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Why don't we have \footnote \default for autonumbering (just like with
>>>> \mark),
>>>
>>> We could...I don't understand how \default works, so I'm not sure how
>>> to make it work here, but a tutorial would get me on my way!
>>
>> Have you read "Scheme function usage" in EG?
>>
>> Anyway, let's take a look at two contenders:
>>
>> autoFootnoteGrob =
>> #(define-music-function (parser location grob-name offset footnote)
>>    (symbol? number-pair? markup?)
>>    (_i "Footnote @var{grob-name} with the text in @var{footnote}
>> allowing for the footnote to be automatically numbered such that
>> the number appears at @var{offset}.  Note that, for this to take effect,
>> auto-numbering must be turned on in the paper block.  Otherwise, no
>> number will appear.  Use like @code{\\once})")
>
> Just seen "auto-numbering must be turned on in the paper block".  Is
> there a use case where turning it off might make any sense?  You have a
> per-event property of autonumbering anyway, don't you?

And "Use like @code{\once})" is nonsense even discounting the closing
paren.  "Affects all grobs in the current time step like
@code{\once\override}" is presumably what you mean.

-- 
David Kastrup