Hello Valentin, Of course I can put a global flag for swapping header content to footer content and vice-versa. But what if I put the non-recurring "motto" of my previous example in a recurring footer and preserve easy swapping? I would have to do something like this (pseudo-code), in order to swap:
header-content = page-numbers footer-content = motto-on-first-page to header-content = nothing footer-content = motto-on-first-page + page-numbers As you can see this is not a simple swap: additional logic is required, because motto and page-numbers have two different recurrence settings (no recurrence for motto and recurrence for page-numbers). This happens because I'm coupling what should be in the body with what should be in the footer. Instead, a clean or basic template IMHO doesn't need additional logic: just set the recurrence values for the header and for the footer and you have done. And this is how, AFAIK, a basic typography template does work. When I write such a page with LibreOffice, I don't need any additional logic or plugin for swapping the elements. In addition: It is true that a footer doesn't necessarily have to be recurring; however, as you can note, it is recurring as *default*. This default has a precise meaning: recurring is the rule, non-recurring is the exception. When you have to use an exception, you should firstly evaluate if you have a proper field for managing it. And the proper field for this case is the Body part, which is non-recurring as default. This is why I would use an alternative tool for cover/introductory pages of a score, in case they don't fit with the LP template. And this is absolutely not intended for "blaming" LP: instead, it is the contrary. IMHO, having an all-in-one program, especially for open-source programs, is not possible and it would not be reasonable either. LP is excellently focused on score engraving and that is enough. All-in-one programs are better for closed source stuff, not for open-source systems. And putting together different open source programs so to have an exhaustive system should be a normal routine. Hope my message is clear. Best, Paolo On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:00 PM Valentin Petzel <valen...@petzel.at> wrote: > Hello Paolo, > > as already pointed out you can customize the footer markup to contain > anything you want, including custom header fields (also you can implement > stuff like swapping of page number position depending on global flags or > something). > > Then a footer does not need to be recurring. A footer is just something > printed below the actual content. > > So I'd consider using footer markup as a quite clean way of doing such > things. > > Valentin > > 17.12.2021 19:20:27 Paolo Prete <paolopr...@gmail.com>: > > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 7:14 PM Kevin Barry <barr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I'm still convinced it is a hack. Commonly, the "hack" term is used for >> indicating a work-around with some emphasis. >> > In the case we are talking about, David's suggestion would be a simple >> work-around (---> improper use of a label to bypass the problem). >> >> I think you're overthinking things here: think of copyright as a name >> for any text you might want to put at the bottom of the first page. >> > > It's not important what I think, it is important what can be read on the > code at a glance. > If I write copyright = "Composed in 2021", then I have to add a comment > note above that line as memo for explaining that the copyright field was > used for another purpose. Not a clean code, IMHO. > > > > > > >
