Overriding page header / footer seems broken (2.11, Windows)?

#1

Hi,
I’m on 2.11 under Windows. I’m unable to override the general header/footer on a single page using the Format->page dialog.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
Have a document style generic, plain theme. Set header/footers via Document->Page->Headers and set ‘page-rendering’ to ‘paper’ so that headers/footers show on screen. On a certain page, choose Format->page and change header/footers from ‘unchanged’ to something else. Close the dialog. On the page the old header/footer is displayed unchanged. When re-opening the dialog the new header/footer text is not there and ‘unchanged’ is shown instead.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Any help is appreciated.

#2

Thanks for reporting this. I get the same, the dialog doesn’t seem to affect the current page footer. It looks like a bug.

Cover page: no numbering, no header/footer
#3

For now you can set the current page footer using \set-this-page-footer.

#4

Thanks Jeroen, the workaround works for me! Btw, note that the same issue exists with setting the page number, so it would be great to fix this all in one.

#5

This works for me when using Format -> Page. You may need to refresh first (Ctrl-Shift-R).

This does affect the page number for subsequent pages as well.

#6

I’ve reported it here:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61465