On Jul 24, 2011, at 11:42 PM, Neil Puttock wrote:
> On 24 July 2011 19:51, m...@apollinemike.com <m...@apollinemike.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:43 PM, James Lowe wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> From Neil P. explaining the finer points of footnote code, while looking at
>>> my in-progress Doc patch for footnotes
>>>
>>> --snip--
>>>
>>> \footnote associates a single footnote with a particular event in the
>>> music (usually a NoteEvent); in a certain sense it behaves like
>>> \tweak, though I'd suggest to Mike that it actually be changed so its
>>> behaviour is identical. Currently we have the situation where it's
>>> awkward to add footnotes to individual scripts and fingerings:
>>>
>>> \relative c' {
>>> < c-1-\footnote #'(1 . 2) "foo" "bar" >
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> This works as such because it is within a chord. \footnote is written to
>> work like \tweak.
>
> Please re-read my suggestion. \footnote doesn't work like tweak; if
> it did, it would have music as the last argument, and apply the
> FootnoteEvent to the following music. I suggested this precisely
> since it's not possible to add a footnote to a specific post-event
> (mainly fingerings and articulations). The documentation is at fault
> here (it started with \balloon, since it implies it's similar to
> \tweak).
Sorry - I missed your original suggestion :( I'll look for it!
Cheers,
MS
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