Re: How to hide footnote annotation line

[David Kastrup]

Martin Neubauer <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello everyone,
>
> In a score I'm preparing I'm using footnotes for some explanations. In
> those cases it is clear from context which notes they refer to,
> rendering the lines to the note heads they are attached to both
> unnecessary and – to my eye – visually unpleasing. The documentation
> led me to try
>       \override FootnoteSpanner #'annotation-line = ##f
> (with several variations), but the line is still there.

\new Voice { \override Score.FootnoteItem #'annotation-line = ##f
             \footnote #'(1 . 1) "Hi" c }

> Maybe I've misunderstood how this is working and someone can point out
> my mistake.
>
> For clarity I've attached a snipped of the score both as it looks now
> and edited to look like I want it to. Please don't mind the messy
> positioning – I'mgoing to fix this afterwards.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> PS: If that helps, I'm using 2.16.0.

It would have helped more if you had included some actual source code.

-- 
David Kastrup