DOCBOOK-APPS: PROPOSAL: Putting text on blank pages

[Jens Stavnstrup <js@ddre.dk>]

Norm,

In my working environment, it is often required that blank pages are
not so blank. I.e. we frequently put the following line "This page is
intentionally left blank." on blank pages.

Here is the required modification to the stylesheets, if you choose to
add it:


Add the following attributes to the fo:region-body element in 
the simple-page-master called blank:

  region-name="blank-body"

  display-align="center"


Create the following global parameters:

  <xsl:param name="static.on.blank.page" select="0"/>

  <xsl:param name="text.on.blank.page" 
             select="This page is intentionally left blank."/>


Put the following template in fo/pagesetup.xsl, and call it from 
the static header generating template, just like you call the new template 
footnote-separator.


<xsl:template name="blank.static.page">
  <xsl:if test="$static.on.blank.page=1">
    <fo:static-content flow-name="blank-body">
      <fo:block text-align="center">
        <xsl:value-of select="$text.on.blank.page"/>
      </fo:block>
    </fo:static-content>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>


BTW, this recipe works just fine in XEP, but not in FOP. I have therefore
filed a bug report.


Regards,

Jens