Re: suppress page number

[Mark Polesky]

James,

Insert this code at the top of your file:

\version "2.11.65-1"
\include "titling-init.ly"
   
#(define (skip-two-page-numbers layout props arg)
  (if (or (> (chain-assoc-get 'page:page-number props -1) 
             (+ (ly:output-def-lookup layout 'first-page-number) 1))
          (eq? (ly:output-def-lookup layout 'print-first-page-number) #t))
      (create-page-number-stencil layout props arg)
      empty-stencil))

\paper {
  oddHeaderMarkup = \markup
  \fill-line {
    " "
    \on-the-fly #not-first-page \fromproperty #'header:instrument
    \on-the-fly #skip-two-page-numbers \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string
  }
  evenHeaderMarkup = \markup
  \fill-line {
    \on-the-fly #skip-two-page-numbers \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string
    \on-the-fly #not-first-page \fromproperty #'header:instrument
    " "
  }
}

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Or better yet, save the code in its own file, call it "skip-2-pg-nums.ly"
or whatever, then you can just include it this way:

\version "2.11.65-1"
\include "skip-2-pg-nums.ly"
\repeat unfold 4 { c''1 \pageBreak }

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If you're already doing fancy stuff with oddHeaderMarkup or evenHeaderMarkup,
you'll need to incorporate that into this code. If you're scheme-curious, 
you can dig around the "titling-init.ly" file in the \ly\ folder. I replaced
the "print-page-number-check-first" function with my own 
"skip-two-page-numbers" function.

Hope this helps.
- Mark