Re: Markup in ChordNames context

[Thomas Morley]

Am Sa., 13. Aug. 2022 um 07:47 Uhr schrieb Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr>:
>
> Le 13/08/2022 à 01:02, Peter Chubb a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >       Sometimes in vocal+ukulele music I want to indicate that a
> >       particular chord uses an alternate fingering.  I'd like to add
> >       an asterisk and a footnote with fret diagram for these cases.
> >       But the obvious
> >           \chordmode { d^"*" }
> >       fails with  "error: string outside of text script or
> >       \lyricmode"
> >
> >       I'm using Lilypond 2.22.2
> >
> >       Can someone give me a clue?
> >
> > Peter C
> >
>
>
>
>
> This is curiously similar to the recent question
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2022-08/msg00005.html
>
> For footnotes referring to an object in the music, you can't
> use markup footnotes. You need to use the \footnote command.
>
> \version "2.22.2"
>
> \new ChordNames \chordmode {
>    \once \override Score.FootnoteItem.annotation-line = ##f
>    \footnote "*" #'(0.01 . 0.01) \markup { foo bar baz} d
> }
>
> Best,
> Jean
>
>

If you want to create footnotes in ChordNames follow Jean's reply.

Arbitrary \markup does not work, because Text_engraver is not in
default ChordNames and the "^"-sign is already taken as syntax in
ChordNames.
Though you can insert Text_engraver and use "_" to attach \markup,
tweaking direction etc.

\new ChordNames \with { \consists "Text_engraver" }
\chordmode {
   d\tweak direction #UP _\markup \italic "foo"
}

Cheers,
  Harm