I thought of that but thought it would fail because if your offset number is
an odd number it messes up the even/odd checking. adding an even number
offset value still retains the even/odd-ness of the original number, an odd
offset would invert even/odd-ness. But I guess it's fixed now anyway.
Daniel Johnson-2 wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks Joe,
>>
>> Also anyone using an on-the-fly expression that expects #first-page to be
>> true on the first page will also fail if they set first-page-number
>> themselves. Because #first-page is determined by comparing the page
>> counter
>> value to first-page-number. If the user is asking for a different
>> first-page-number then the #first-page boolean winds up being unreliable.
>> I
>> thought I was going crazy when my copyrights did not print when I was
>> clearly checking this expression to set the footer:
>>
>> \on-the-fly #first-page {
>> \fill-line {
>> { \hspace #0 }
>> { \teeny "copyright" }
>> { \bold \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> And #first-page was evaluating to false on the first page, because I was
>> also setting first-page-number = #4. A case of one bug creating another
>> bug
>> I guess, so I had to remove my first-page-number = #4 setting, but still
>> need my song to begin with page 4.
>>
>> I would hope that page first of a 1 page score would evaluate as follows:
>>
>> #first-page = true AND #last-page = true
>>
>> And that multi-page scores would evaluate as follows:
>>
>> page first
>> #first-page = true AND #last-page = false
>> page n
>> #first-page = false AND #last-page = false
>> page last
>> #first-page = false AND #last-page = true
>>
>>
>> All regardless if the user selected a different starting offset page
>> number.
>>
>> In my case the #first-page boolean would have became true on page 4 I
>> guess,
>> but there was not enough music to get that far.
>>
>> thanks
>> Rick
>
> A very hackish workaround for this is to default your first-page-number to
> 1, and then include the following Scheme function:
>
> #(define-markup-command (page-number-plus-offset layout props offset)
> (number?)
> "Add an offset to the page number, and produce a stencil."
> (let* ((m (chain-assoc-get 'page:page-number props)))
> (interpret-markup layout props (number->string(+ m offset)))))
>
> Now in your header/footer markup, instead of using \fromproperty
> #'page:page-number-string, use \page-number-plus-offset #3. This will
> output 3 + the real page number, making your first page 4.
>
> Of course, this means that if you want your first page to be an even page,
> your odd(Header|Footer)Markup will need to apply to even pages, and vice
> versa. Obviously this is a very ugly hack and should only be used if you
> cannot wait for the next (fixed) version of Lilypond.
>
>
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