[OS X TeX] First Page Header & Subsequent Pages Header

[Josep Maria Font]

El dia 17/09/2009, a les 14:35, Scott, Randy va escriure:

> \ifthenelse{\value{page}=1}
>    {\lhead{\textbf{Math 280, Intermediate Calculus\\Change of  
> Variables in Multiple Integrals}} \chead{} \rhead{}\lfoot{} \cfoot{}  
> \rfoot{}}
>    {\lhead{\textbf{Math 280, Change of Variables in Multiple  
> Integrals}} \chead{} \rhead{\textbf{\thepage}}\lfoot{} \cfoot{}  
> \rfoot{}
> }


I suppose the problem is that, wherever you insert this macro, it gets  
executed only once, so that only the current page number is used. I  
don't know whether there is some \everypage macro that allows you to  
force something to be repeated for every page (there is \everypar,  
though; see The TeXBook).

One idea would be to put the \ifthenelse mechanism *inside* each of  
the headers. Something like

\lhead{\ifthenelse{\value{page}=1}{\textbf{Math 280, Intermediate  
Calculus\\Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals}{\textbf{Math 280,  
Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals}}}

and similar for \rhead, etc.

BTW, I don't think it is necessary to use the "ifthenelse" package for  
this conditional; probably the following TeX primitive would also work:

\lhead{\ifnum\value{page}=1\textbf{Math 280, Intermediate Calculus\ 
\Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals}\else\textbf{Math 280,  
Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals}\fi}

Hope this helps


JMaF