beginpage (was: FO pagebreak)

["Marius Scurtescu" <mscurtescu@healthmetrx.com>]

How about the beginpage tag?

Isn't it supposed to do the same thing as the processing
instruction defined below (custom-pagebreak)?

I tried using beginpage and it did not work. So it
is either not implemented or it is not supposed to
insert a page break. Any clues?

Thanks,
Marius

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas.Gier@imperia.net [mailto:Thomas.Gier@imperia.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:16 AM
> To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] FO pagebreak
>
>
> Danny Kruitbosch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
>
> [...snip...]
>
> > So I have a few questions:
> > 1. Is putting <?dbfo break-before="page"?> in my document
> enough or do I
>
> > need to do more?
> > 2. If I need to do more (write a xsl template?) what's the best way to
> > do this without breaking the docbook xsl templates.
> > 3. Can someone provide me with a working example for this.
> There seem to
>
> > be none available (remember I'm new to this).
> >
> > Any help would be great,
>
> Hi Danny,
>
> Q1.
> Add the following to your customization layer:
>
> <!-- <?custom-pagebreak?> inserts a page break at this point -->
> <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('custom-pagebreak')">
>   <fo:block break-before='page'/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Inside your XML documents you now add
>
> <?custom-pagebreak?>
>
> where you want to add a page break.
>
> Q2.
> You create a customization layer simply by changing attributes and
> parameters in an XSL stylesheet outside the docbook tree where you import
> the fo/docbook.xsl stylesheet but override the default settings
> there with
> the ones in your stylesheet(s).
>
> Q3.
> There is an excellent documentation (which you perhaps have already) by
> Bob Stayton which is available online at
>
>   http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/
>
> A paperback or eBook version is available at
>
>   http://www.sagehill.net/book-purchase.html
>
> I assume your tool chain already works and I try to give you an example.
> Create a XSL file, add the following
>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>                 xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";
>                 version="1.0">
>
>   <xsl:import ref="/path/to/docbook-xsl/fo/docbook.xsl"/>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> and replace "/path/to/docbook-xsl" with your path.
>
> Inside the xsl:stylesheet-tag you now may add your customizations which
> override the default values set up in the docbook-xsl stylesheets.
>
> If you add
>
>   <xsl:param name="paper.type" select="'A5'"/>
>   <xsl:param name="double.sided">1</xsl:param>
>
> you change the paper type to A5 and switch to double sided layout (this
> file would also be the right place for the custom page break from Q1 :-)
> ...).
>
> Then you use this stylesheet to create FO. It imports docbook.xsl
> and adds
> your customized parameters. There are lots and lots of parameters and
> attributes to change the layout of  your PDFs. And this mailing
> list is an
> infinite ressource of tips and help.
>
> It is not easy to provide a working example because you first have to
> decide which tool chain you want to use and then set up these tools
> accordingly. But I think the first three chapters of Bobs book will give
> you a very good overview and introduction into docbook-xsl.
>
>
> HTH
> Thomas Gier
> Technical Writer
> Cologne/Germany
>
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