Re: Footnote problem with \default

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Nick Payne <address@hidden> writes:

>> \relative c'' {
>>     \footnote #'(-1.5 . 1.5) \markup { Footnote } \default
>>     c c c c
>> }
>
> music
>
>     This is the item, a music event or chord constituent or post-event,
>     that is being annotated. While it cannot be omitted, it can be
>     replaced by \default in which case the footnote is not attached to a
>     music expression in particular, but rather to a moment of time. It
>     is mandatory in this case to use the grob-name argument for
>     selecting an affected grob type, like ‘#'TimeSignature’.
>
> I think the last sentence is rather clear.  See also
> <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2547> which has
> been orphaned at the moment.

See also <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2559>
for more background.

-- 
David Kastrup