Re: [docbook-apps] How to remove blank pages between chapters using FOP

[Ken Van Mersbergen <kenvm97@yahoo.com>]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for reminding me of the double.sided parameter. I set that back to
zero, and that eliminated all of the extra blank pages. When I tried to
customize the 'initial.page.number' template, the result was either the page
number of chapter one was set to 14 or, nothing. This is strange. So let's take
a different approach: with the double.sided parameter set to zero, how do I
force the first chapter to start on an odd page?

Thanks,
Ken

--- Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
> One way to do it is to set the stylesheet parameter double.sided to zero, 
> which is the default value.  That turns off the generated blank 
> even-numbered pages, but it also changes the headers and footers and 
> margins.
> 
> To just change the starting page, you can customize the template named 
> 'initial.page.number' in fo/pagesetup.xsl.  When that stylesheet returns a 
> value of auto-odd, you get the blank pages.  If you change that to 'auto', 
> then it won't force the chapter starts onto an odd page.  The template 
> handles various elements in different ways.  If you just want to change the 
> behavior for any chapters after the first, then you just need to change the 
> first xsl:otherwise clause:
> 
> <xsl:otherwise>auto</xsl:otherwise>
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Van Mersbergen" <kenvm97@yahoo.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:11 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] How to remove blank pages between chapters using 
> FOP
> 
> 
> > How do I customize xsl stylesheets v1.68.1 to remove blank pages between
> > chapters when the output is a pdf from FOP? For example Chapter 1 starts 
> > on
> > page 1 (a recto page) and ends on page 3 (a recto page). I want Chapter 2 
> > to
> > start on page 4 (a verso page) and end on, for example, page 10 (a verso 
> > page).
> > I don't always know if a chapter (or ToC, preface, glossary, etc.) will 
> > end on
> > a recto page or a verso page. If it does end on a recto page, I want the 
> > next
> > section to start on the following verso page.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken Van Mersbergen
> > Tedras Global Solutions
> >
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