On 1/15/07, Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joe Neeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >This is sort of a bug fix, but I thought I'd post it instead of >committing because it changes behaviour. In current lily CVS, it's >assumed that the first page of a book is always the left-hand page. This >is usually false: odd-numbered pages should go on the right and the >first page is usually page number 1. This patch fixes that. If the first >page number is odd, the page turn page-breaker will put its first page >turn after 1 page instead of after 2. Very late response I know, but ... (I'm catching up on the email and haven't read the latest manual :-( What you say may be true for scores, but is often false for parts. If the piece being formatted is less than or equal to four pages, then I couldn't care less so long as the page turn is at a break. If there's a nice rest in the middle of the piece, I'll print pages 1 and 2 2-up one side, then turn for the other two. Or if there are convenient breaks after pages 1 and 3, I'll break "conventionally". Oh - and which one is preferable depends on conditions - will I be trying to turn a page that's pegged onto the stand to prevent it blowing away in the wind ... I hope you've probably already made it choosable, but it needs to be user-specified whether the page-turn-page-breaker is invoked after odd or even page numbers. Making the default odd pages sounds right ... is auto-first-page-number true by default?
Currently auto-first-page-number is false by default, but it will print a warning if it can't find a convenient break after the first page suggesting that you set the first page number to an even number. I think it should be. (Just
don't alter the page number that actually prints - a part with pages 2-5 2-up on A3 double-sided would look WELL odd :-)
This is why I didn't set it to true by default: it /does/ change the page number that actually prints. This is consistent with all the parts I looked at that start on the left-hand page, but I can see that it would look strange if there are only a few pages. There was a request a while back about making the places for page turns more flexible. With the solution I have in mind for this, you would be able to say that it should turn only after even pages and the first page should be page 1 (this would give what you want, yes?). I have other things I want to do first, but I should manage it before 2.12. Cheers, Joe
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