Re: Footnote separator line too close

[Richard Shann]

Thanks for the suggestion, but what I need is to leave more space before
the first footnote text.
I have made progress: the bug arises only when you don't have a
superscript, (e.g. when you are not using the numbering) **and** when
you have the footnote markup text long enough to extend underneath the
horizontal text.
You can see this if you take the only example in the documentation 

http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/creating-footnotes

that does not use a superscript and extend the line of text:

\book {
  \header { tagline = ##f }
  \relative c' {
    \footnote "*" #'(0.5 . -2) \markup { \italic "* The first note - with this 
footnote text extending a long way across the page .... is too close to the 
line above" }
    a'4 b8
    \footnote \markup { \super "$" } #'(0.5 . 1)
      \markup { \super "$" \italic " The second note" }
    e c4
    \once \override Score.FootnoteItem #'annotation-line = ##f
    b-\footnote \markup \tiny "+" #'(0.1 . 0.1)
      \markup { \super "+" \italic " Editorial" } \p
  }
}

With the first footnote line extended the hline is unpleasantly close to
the text.
The workaround it to include a superscript :)

Richard



On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 07:08 +1100, Nick Payne wrote:
> On 03/04/13 06:24, Richard Shann wrote:
> > I've found that the line dividing the footnote from the music is rather 
> > close to the footnote text.
> > I can see I need to override this definition
> >
> > footnote-separator-markup = \markup \fill-line { \override #'(span-factor . 
> > 1/2) \draw-hline }
> >
> > but I can't see what to add to provide more space under the line ... any 
> > suggestions?
> 
> Just use \vspace within the footnote markup. eg:
> 
> \version "2.17.15"
> 
> \relative f' {
>    \footnote "*" #'(2 . -1) \markup\teeny { \column { \left-align { \line {
>      \concat { \vspace #1 \lower #0.8 \super { * }
>        "At this point the performer may insert an improvisation in the 
> form of a "
>          \italic "Cadenza furiosa" } } \line { " " } } } } c4
> }
> 
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