+\version "2.16.0"
+\header {
+ texidoc = "This is an example of automatic footnote numbering
+where the number is not reset on each page. It uses the default
+numbering function, which assigns numbers starting at 1 to successive
+footnotes.
+"
+}
+
+#(define (make-footnote-numbering-assertion-function n)
+ (lambda (x)
+ (if (not (= n x))
+ (ly:error (_ "Expecting number ~a, got ~a") n x))))
+
+#(define (simultaneous-footnote-numbering-assertion-function x y)
+ (lambda (grob)
+ (let ((n (if (grob::has-interface (ly:grob-parent grob Y)
+ 'beam-interface)
+ x
+ y)))
+ (lambda (x)
+ (if (not (= n x))
+ (ly:error (_ "Expecting number ~a, got ~a") n x))))))
+
+\paper {
+ reset-footnotes-on-new-page = ##f
+}
+
+#(set-default-paper-size "a6")
+\book {
+
+\markup {
+ a \auto-footnote b c
+ \auto-footnote d e
+ \auto-footnote f g
+}
+
+\markup { h i }
+
+\relative c' {
+ \once \override FootnoteItem #'numbering-assertion-function =
+ #(lambda (grob) (make-footnote-numbering-assertion-function 3))
+ \footnote #'(1 . -1) #'NoteHead \markup { j } \default
+ a b c d
+}
+
+\pageBreak
+
+\markup { k \auto-footnote l m }
+
+\relative c' { a1 }
+
+\relative c' {
+ d4 e
+ \once \override FootnoteItem #'numbering-assertion-function =
+ #(lambda (grob) (make-footnote-numbering-assertion-function 5))
+ < f \footnote #'(1 . -1) \markup { n } a c >
+ \once \override FootnoteSpanner #'numbering-assertion-function =
+ #(simultaneous-footnote-numbering-assertion-function 6 7)
+ a8-\footnote #'(1 . 1) \markup { p } \<
+ -\footnote #'(1 . 1) \markup { o } [ b c d ] a4 b c |
+ d a b c |
+ d a b c |
+ d a b c\f |
+}}