@node Footnotes overview
@unnumberedsubsubsec Footnotes overview
-Automatic footnotes create incrementing, numerical indicators and
-manual footnotes allow a custom indicator to be created instead. All
-grobs, top-level @code{\markup} and chorded notes can be annotated.
+Automatic footnotes create incrementing numerical indicators and manual
+footnotes allow a custom indicator to be created instead. Footnotes are
+normally applied like @code{\tweak} and consequently can be placed
+directly on grobs (graphical objects) created by most music elements and
+post-events. In cases where this does not work (like with bar lines and
+meter changes, where the grobs are produced as a consequence of property
+changes), footnotes can also be specified as a standalone music event
+affecting all grobs of a given type at a particular time step.
-The order in which each grob is drawn determines the order in which each
-indicator and so footnotes are created during compilation.
+The full form of a footnote command is
+@example
+\footnote @var{mark} @var{offset} @var{grob-name} @var{footnote}
+@var{music}
+@end example
+
+The elements are as follows:
+
+@table @var
+@item mark
+is a markup or string specifying the footnote mark which is used for
+both marking the reference point as well as the footnote itself at the
+bottom of the page. It can be omitted (or equivalently replaced with
+@code{\default}) in which case a number in sequence will be generated.
+@item offset
+is a number pair such as @samp{#(2 . 1)} specifying the X and Y offset
+from the reference point where the mark will be placed.
+@item grob-name
+specifies a type of grob to mark (like @samp{#'Flag}). If it is given,
+the respective grob will be used as a reference point even in case that
+its @q{cause} is not the referenced @var{music} itself but a grob
+created from it. It can be omitted (or replaced with @code{\default}),
+and then only a directly created grob will be annotated.
+@item footnote
+This markup or string specifies the footnote text to use at the bottom
+of the page.
+@item music
+This is the item, a music event or chord constituent or post-event, that
+is being annotated. While it cannot be omitted, it @emph{can} be
+replaced by @code{\default} in which case the footnote is not attached
+to a music expression in particular, but rather to a moment of time. It
+is mandatory in this case to use the @var{grob-name} argument for
+selecting an affected grob type, like @samp{#'TimeSignature}.
+@end table
+
+Like with @code{\tweak}, if your @code{\footnote} is applied to a
+post-event or articulation, it will itself have to be preceded with
+@code{-} to make the parser attach the result to the preceding note or
+rest.
@node Automatic footnotes
@unnumberedsubsubsec Automatic footnotes
-Automatic footnotes take three arguments; the @var{Layout Object} to be
-annotated, the @samp{(x . y)} position of the indicator and a
-@code{\markup} that will appear in the footnote at the bottom of the
-page.
-
-The command @code{\footnote} must come @emph{before} the grob that the
-footnote is being attached to:
+Automatic footnotes take four arguments: the @samp{(x . y)} position of
+the indicator, the optional @var{grob-name} specifying the layout object
+to be annotated, the @var{footnote} markup itself that will appear at
+the bottom of the page, and of course the @var{music} to attach the
+footnote to.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,papersize=a8]
\book {
\header { tagline = ##f }
\relative c' {
- \footnote #'(0.5 . -2) #'NoteHead
- \markup { The first note } \default
+ \footnote #'(0.5 . -2)
+ \markup { The first note }
a'4 b8
- \footnote #'(0.5 . 1) #'NoteHead
- \markup { The third note } \default
- e c4 d4
+ \footnote #'(0.5 . 1) #'Flag
+ \markup { The third note }
+ e\noBeam c4 d4
}
}
@end lilypond
-To annotate chorded notes, the @code{\footnote} must come @emph{after}
-the note to which the footnote is being attached as a @code{TextScript}:
+Chorded notes pose no particular difficulty:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,papersize=a8]
\book {
\header { tagline = ##f }
\relative c' {
<
- c-\footnote #'(1 . -1.25) "Here is a C" \default
- es-\footnote #'(2 . -0.25) \markup { \italic "An E-flat" } \default
- g-\footnote #'(2 . 3) \markup { \bold "This is a G" } \default
+ \footnote #'(1 . -1.25) "Here is a C" c
+ \footnote #'(2 . -0.25) \markup { \italic "An E-flat" } es
+ \footnote #'(2 . 3) \markup { \bold "This is a G" } g
>1
}
}
\book {
\header { copyright = \markup { "Copyright 1970" } }
\relative c' {
- \footnote #'(-3 . 0) #'DynamicText
- \markup { \bold Forte } \default
-
- \footnote #'(0 . 1.5) #'Slur
- \markup { A slur } \default
- a'4\f(
-
- \footnote #'(0 . -2) #'Beam
- \markup { Beam } \default
- b8)[ e]
-
+ a'4-\footnote #'(-3 . 0) \markup { \bold Forte } \f
+ -\footnote #'(0 . 1.5) \markup { A slur } (
+ b8)-\footnote #'(0 . -2) \markup { Beam } [ e]
\footnote #'(1 . -1) #'Stem
- \markup { \teeny { This is a stem } } \default
+ \markup { \teeny { This is a stem } }
c4
-
\footnote #'(0 . 0.5) #'AccidentalCautionary
- \markup \italic { A cautionary accidental } \default
-
- \footnote #'(0.5 . -0.5) #'TextScript
- \markup \italic { Slow Down } \default
- dis?4_"rit."
+ \markup \italic { A cautionary accidental }
+ \footnote #'(1 . 1) "The note itself"
+ dis?4-\footnote #'(0.5 . -0.5) \markup \italic { Slow Down }
+ _"rit."
}
}
@end lilypond
@cindex footnotes, manual
-Manual footnotes takes four arguments; the @var{Layout Object} to be
-annotated, the @samp{(x . y)} position of the indicator and two
-@code{\markup} commands; the first is the indicator attached to the note
-or grob and the second is the footnote at the bottom of the page.
+Manually marked footnotes take an additional first markup argument
+@var{mark} for making the reference mark. In contrast to automatically
+generated footnote marks, they will not appear before the @var{footnote}
+markup at the bottom of the page: establishing the visual connection is
+left to the user. LilyPond will only make sure that the corresponding
+markup appears on the bottom of the same page.
-Like automatic footnotes, manual @code{\footnote} commands must come
-@emph{before} the grob that the footnote is annotating and attached as a
-@code{TextScript}:
+Other than that, the use is identical to that of automatically numbered
+footnotes.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,papersize=a8]
\book {
\header { tagline = ##f }
\relative c' {
- a'4-\footnote
- "1" #'(0.5 . -2) #'NoteHead \markup { \italic "1. The first note" } \default
+ \footnote
+ "1" #'(0.5 . -2)
+ \markup { \italic "1. The first note" }
+ a'4
b8
- e-\footnote
- \markup { \bold "2" } #'(0.5 . 1) #'NoteHead "2. The second note" \default
+ \footnote
+ \markup { \bold "2" } #'(0.5 . 1)
+ "2. The second note"
+ e
c4
- d\p-\footnote "3" #'(0.5 . -1) #'DynamicText "3. Piano" \default
+ d-\footnote "3" #'(0.5 . -1) "3. Piano" \p
}
}
@end lilypond
\header { tagline = ##f }
\relative c' {
<
- c-\footnote "1" #'(1 . -1.25) "1. C" \default
- es-\footnote
- \markup { \bold "b" } #'(2 . -0.25) "b. E-flat" \default
- g-\footnote "3" #'(2 . 3) \markup { \italic "iii. G" } \default
+ \footnote "1" #'(1 . -1.25) "1. C" c
+ \footnote
+ \markup { \bold "b" } #'(2 . -0.25) "b. E-flat" es
+ \footnote "3" #'(2 . 3) \markup { \italic "iii. G" } g
>1
}
}
\book {
\header { tagline = ##f }
\relative c' {
- \footnote
- \markup { \teeny 1 } #'(-3 . 0) #'DynamicText
- \markup { 1. \bold Forte } \default
-
- \footnote
- \markup { \teeny b } #'(0 . 1.5) #'Slur
- \markup { b. A slur } \default
- a'4\f(
-
- \footnote
- \markup { \teeny 3 } #'(0 . -2) #'Beam
- \markup { 3. Beam } \default
- b8)[ e]
-
+ a'4-\footnote
+ \markup { \teeny 1 } #'(-3 . 0)
+ \markup { 1. \bold Forte } \f
+ -\footnote
+ \markup { \teeny b } #'(0 . 1.5)
+ \markup { b. A slur } (
+ b8)-\footnote
+ \markup { \teeny 3 } #'(0 . -2)
+ \markup { 3. Beam } [
+ e]
\footnote
\markup { 4 } #'(1 . -1) #'Stem
- \markup { \bold 4. { This is a stem } } \default
+ \markup { \bold 4. { This is a stem } }
c4
-
\footnote
\markup \concat \teeny { "sharp (v)" }
#'(0 . 0.5) #'AccidentalCautionary
- \markup \italic { v. A cautionary accidental } \default
-
- \footnote
- \markup \concat \teeny { "a" } #'(0.5 . -0.5) #'TextScript
- \markup \italic { a. Slow Down } \default
- dis?4_"rit."
-
- \breathe
+ \markup \italic { v. A cautionary accidental }
+ dis?4-\footnote
+ \markup \concat \teeny { "a" } #'(0.5 . -0.5)
+ \markup \italic { a. Slow Down } _"rit."
\footnote
\markup { \teeny \musicglyph #"rests.4" }
- #'(1.5 . -0.25) #'BreathingSign
- \markup { \null } \default
+ #'(1.5 . -0.25)
+ \markup { \null } \breathe
}
}
@end lilypond
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