Re: Five issues with automatic footnotes to lyrics

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Thursday, September 06, 2012 11:49 PM


> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> e) The alternative \auto-footnote command would probably work better,
>>> but it gives a syntax error in a Lyrics context.
>>
>> You would have to write an actual markup, like
>>
>> \markup \auto-footnote "three" "iii"
> 
> To save you some time experimentation: I think I remember trying to do
> this (which would be an obvious way to footnote lyrics) and I think, as
> opposed to top-level markup, the footnote itself does not make it to the
> page then.

That's right.  And the mark doesn't make it to the lyric text either, although
a space is made to accommodate it.  It gives the error:

programming error: Cannot find correct footnote for a markup object.
 
> Since this is an obvious placement for a markup footnote, it might be
> worth creating a separate issue for that and ask for the footnote text
> to migrate to the bottom of the page in this special case of markup
> footnote as well.

Will do.  Thanks.

Trevor