Re: Length of a footnote note

[Jean-Charles Malahieude]

David Kastrup writes:
> Does something like
>
> \version "2.16.0"
>
> \paper {
>   footnote-auto-number = ##f
> }
>
> lorem = \markup { \justify { Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
> adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna
> aliqua.  Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
> nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. } }
>
> \book {
>   \lorem
>     \markup { Lorem ipsum \footnote "*" \justify { * Lorem ipsum dolor sit
> amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore
> et dolore magna aliqua.  Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation
> ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. } dolor... }
>   \score {
>     \relative c' {
>       a'1
>     }
>   }
>   \pageBreak
>     \markup { Lorem ipsum \footnote "*" \put-adjacent #X #LEFT \lorem "* "
> dolor... }
>   \score {
>     \relative c' {
>       a'1
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> give you ideas?

Many thanks! It works like a charm.

I was really upset by the quoted string as being the way to introduce 
the annotation and did not come to such a simple workaround. And I 
wanted to avoid the use of another variable in my project just for this 
particular case.

Thanks also for teaching me how to use \put-adjacent:
I can even type
 Lorem ipsum \footnote "*" \put-adjacent #X #LEFT \justify {the long 
text} "* "

Nice way to put whatever plus text in the annotation.

Cheers,
Jean-Charles