For the first time in many years of using Lilypond, I have a need to add a 
footnote to some music. One thing puzzles me:

As is traditional in all texts, Lilypond places a horizontal line above the 
footnotes, separating them from the music above. However the horizontal 
position of this line confuses me. I would have expected the line to be above 
the footnotes, starting at the left margin. However it is placed further to the 
right. This can be seen in the examples in the NR 
(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/footnotes-in-music-expressions).
 In my case the footnote is in the second bar of music in the staff, and the 
line does not start until the beginning of that bar, potentially after the end 
of the footnote text. Because the music to which the footnote is attached may 
be several staves above the footnote text, this does not make sense to me.

Is there some way of shifting this line to the left margin?

Kevin.

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