Re: Footnotes profileration with null header/footer

[David Kastrup]

Nicolas Sceaux <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Using today's git LilyPond, the following snippet gives weird results:
> the footnote is printed several times in header and footer, and on
> several pages.
>
> \version "2.15.32"
>
> \paper {
>  oddHeaderMarkup = \markup\null
>  evenHeaderMarkup = \markup\null
>  oddFooterMarkup = \markup\null
>  evenFooterMarkup = \markup\null
> }
>
> {
>  \footnote #'(0 . -1) #'NoteHead "a footnote"
>  c'1 \pageBreak
>  c'1
> }
>
> When using e.g. "" instead of \markup\null then everthing seems fine.

Automatic footnotes set the footnote mark to the null markup.  It would
appear that the null markup (or its stencil?) itself then gets
_overwritten_ with the actual footnote mark, making it appear in several
places.

-- 
David Kastrup