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Re: footnotes and chord constructs
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David Kastrup |
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Re: footnotes and chord constructs |
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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:21:04 +0100 |
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Federico Bruni <address@hidden> writes:
> Il 02/01/2013 10:33, David Kastrup ha scritto:
>>>> In the light of the above example working just fine, could you explain
>>>> >> how one should have written the NR so that you would have been able to
>>>> >> achieve what you wanted?
>>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > A simple warning saying that \footnote must be used inside a chord
>>> > construct would have helped. I wouldn't give it for granted.
>> Exactly this has been said in the passage you quoted above:
>>
>>>>> >>> Marking an entire chord in this manner is not possible since a chord
>>>>> >>> does not produce an event separate from that of its chord
>>>>> >>> constituents, but the constituents themselves can be marked.
>> Since you repeat your complaint after quoting the text, and even after
>> we had this brief discussion (which a reader of the manual will_not_
>> have at his disposal), it is obvious that this passage has been written
>> in a manner that fails to make readers realize its actual meaning.
>>
>
> What is confusing in this passage is what "constituent" means.
> Does it refer to the notes of a chord or to each element of a chord
> (accidental and stem included)?
It's actually notes in the chord as well as per-chord articulations.
But in this context, omitting mention of the latter would probably not
be problematic.
> That's why I was caused to think that grob-name was required to attach
> a footnote to a note inside a chord.
>
> I think that this should be explained separately and earlier.
I'll try proposing a patch along these lines.
> I'm sorry, I don't understand well the topic and I'm not good at
> writing documentation. Hope it makes sense and can help someone who
> can write good documentation.
That would not include me. But maybe I'll get by with a little help
from my friends.
--
David Kastrup