While using *memoir*, this will work at stripping the first page of all
chapters of any page number, heading or footer: just put
\*aliaspagestyle*{chapter}{empty}
into the preamble. Alternatively, create a new page style that looks like
what you want, then use \*aliaspagestyle*{chapter}{your_style}
2010/12/6 Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org>
> Frederick Noronha wrote:
> > Is there any quick command that would help me to drop page numbers
> > from the first page of every chapter-start page?
>
> Depends on the class and page style you use.
>
> With a KOMA-script class, just use
>
> \chapterpagestyle{empty}
>
> (memoir might have something similar),
>
> else, if you use pagestyle "fancy", use
>
> \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
> \fancyhf{}
> \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
> \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}}
>
> else, you have to redefine \chapter. E.g., for book.cls,
>
> \renewcommand\chapter{...@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
> \thispagestyle{empty}%
> \glob...@topnum\z@
> \...@afterindentfalse
> \secd...@chapter\@schapter}
>
>
> HTH,
> Jürgen
>
