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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] page numbers and headers erratically come and go
On Thu, 8 May 2003, Bob Stayton wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 04:17:29PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > ok, now that i'm past the Q/A obstacle, here's the next puzzler. > > my docbook file is still simple, a number of chapters with anywhere > > from one to five sections per chapter -- pretty trivial. (and it's > > not clear whether this is a DB transform problem, or a FOP problem, > > i'm still trying to nail that down.) > > > > first, everything in the ToC looks good, except that the page > > numbers are missing on the chapter entries. they're all there on > > the internal section entries, just totally missing for the > > chapter lines themselves. > > This is fixed in the forthcoming version 1.61. i just installed that version, and the missing chapter page numbers in the ToC are still a problem. no change there. > > second, and a little weirder, each chapter starts on a > > new page, as does each section. for the opening chapter > > page, and the next two pages in the chapter, there is both > > the appropriate header (chapter title) at the top of the > > page, and the page number at the bottom. > > > > suddenly, if there are more pages in the chapter, all > > subsequent pages in that chapter are missing their header title > > and footer page number. (it's clear those pages are still > > being numbered since the next chapter starts on the correct > > page, and those sections *are* listed in the ToC with the > > correct page number.) it's just that, from the third page > > of each chapter on, both the header and footer stuff vanishes. > > > > again, it's hard to tell at what stage this is getting > > messed up, so it might be FOP. i'm still trying to track > > that down, but again, i'm open to suggestions. > > Hard to tell. What version of FOP? > Also, this might be better in the forthcoming release. *this* problem, however, seems to have been fixed. so we're making progress. rday p.s. i'm using the CVS maintenance branch of FOP, in case it matters.
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