Re: Display score title differently on odd or even pages

[Jay Anderson]

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:48 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:22:32PM -0700, Jay Anderson wrote:
>> Is it possible to check whether the page is odd or even in creating
>> the score title markup. I'm setting a group of hymns and I'd like the
>> hymn number on the outside of the page.
>
> Does it have to be in the title?  I use the following markup
> to have my footers contain the page number on alternating sides
> of the page.  I believe a similar technique could be employed
> with Header markup.  On my lead sheets, page 1 (which I define as
> a left page) does not have a page number, but succeeding pages
> get numbered with even pages having the page number in the bottom
> right, and odd pages numbered in the bottom left.  Sorry to make
> noise if you really do want to use the Title markup and not
> 'Header'.

Yes, I'd like it in the title. So if the title is half-way down the
page the hymn number will still be on the outside of the page. The
problem with this is the page number doesn't seem to be available when
setting the score title markup.

-----Jay