Re: Page numbers with "Page"

[Brian Barker]

At 19:20 03/04/2018 +0000, David Bobroff wrote:
> I want to put page numbers centered at the bottom of each page with 
> the word "Page" before the number. I found this code in the docs 
> which gets me halfway there but I don't know what to do to add 
> "Page" before each number. The closest I've managed to come to a 
> solution results in "Page" being in the lower left corner with the 
> page number in the lower right corner.
>
> -David
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> \book {
>   \paper {
>     print-page-number = ##t
>     print-first-page-number = ##t
>     oddHeaderMarkup = \markup \null
>     evenHeaderMarkup = \markup \null
>     oddFooterMarkup = \markup {
>       \fill-line {
>         \on-the-fly \print-page-number-check-first
>         \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string
>       }
>     }
>     evenFooterMarkup = \oddFooterMarkup
>   }
>   \score {
>     \new Staff { s1 \break s1 \break s1 }
>   }
> }

But there is no "Page" at all there!

Perhaps:

oddFooterMarkup = \markup {
  \fill-line {
    \line {
      "Page "
      \on-the-fly \print-page-number-check-first
      \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string
    }
  }
}

Brian Barker