wjm <mooney...@aim.com> writes:
> Greetings David,
> I have fiddled a bit with your code
> \score {
> { c'4 c' c' c' }
> \addlyrics
> { \footnote #'(-2 . -2) \markup "text"
> \markup Mu- sic is nice }
> }
>
> and have come up with this:-
>
> \version "2.17.12"
> music = \relative c'
> {
> c d e g
> f g g a
> b c2.
> }
> words = \lyricmode {
> \footnote #'(-0.1 . 0.0000001) \markup "Brewed, not 'manufactured'!"
> %If the second value is set to 0 the footnote marker is centred
> %vertically on the line of lyrics. ie 1 B...
> %I haven't found a value which will set it between there and where it
> %is now.
>
> Beer- is quite nice but whis -- ky is bet -- ter!
> %This works, but removing the - makes an error
\markup Beer
Yes, sorry for that.
> Evidently the - immediately following the first syllable is necessary
> but the reason for it is not obvious.
It can only be a symbol if it consists of just letters, possibly
separated by single - or _. A - at the end makes sure that it is
lyrics, and not a specification of a Grob (like LyricText).
Yes, that's somewhat stupid. Lyrics and proper symbols and/or strings
are hard to tell apart for music functions.
--
David Kastrup
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