Re: [docbook-apps] Footer odd/even page problem when chapters do not begin on an odd page

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi,
Did you customize the page-sequence-masters as well?  The default in fo/pagesetup.xsl 
for body page sequences uses:

    <fo:page-sequence-master master-name="body">
      <fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
        <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="blank"
                                              blank-or-not-blank="blank"/>
        <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="body-first"
                                              page-position="first"/>
        <fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="body-odd"
                                              odd-or-even="odd"/>
        <fo:conditional-page-master-reference
                                              odd-or-even="even">
          <xsl:attribute name="master-reference">
            <xsl:choose>
              <xsl:when test="$double.sided != 0">body-even</xsl:when>
              <xsl:otherwise>body-odd</xsl:otherwise>
            </xsl:choose>
          </xsl:attribute>
        </fo:conditional-page-master-reference>
      </fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
    </fo:page-sequence-master>

You should customize it to remove the reference to "body-first" when 
page-position="first", because it will be applied to any first page, regardless of 
page number.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Ristic" <ivan.ristic@gmail.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:23 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Footer odd/even page problem when chapters do not begin on an 
odd page


> Hi everyone,
>
> I have written a customisation layer for a book written in DocBook 5
> and I've encountered one problem that I can't solve. I think the issue
> is with the stylesheets. I am converting the book into PDF. I am using
> the 1.74.0 ns stylesheets, but I've verified that the same problem
> occurs with the latest version.
>
> In my book I don't want the chapters to begin on odd pages, so I've
> added the appropriate styling to avoid blank pages (as well as the
> styling to fix the page numbering).
>
> My book is double sided with asymmetric footers. On an odd page, the
> page number is on the right. On an even page, the page number is on
> the left.
>
> However,  when a chapter begins on an even page, the footer is
> rendered as if it were on an odd page. After looking at the stylesheet
> code, it seems to me that the problem is with the the "sequence"
> parameter (to footer.content), which can contain "odd", "even" or
> "first". The default stylesheet seems to assume an odd page when the
> value is "first". Hence the problem.
>
> Is there some other way to find out if a page number is odd?
>
> Thanks.
>
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