RE: [docbook-apps] beginpage (was: FO pagebreak)

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

I see, so I will have to use the processing instruction to
force a page break.

Just out of curiosity, how is beginpage rendered (or
supposed to be rendered) in order to help cross 
referencing page numbers?

Thanks,
Marius


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Braun [mailto:mbraun@urbana.css.mot.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:53 AM
> To: Marius Scurtescu
> Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] beginpage (was: FO pagebreak) 
> 
> 
> 
> >How about the beginpage tag?
> 
> Nope.  The page break Danny was looking for was formatting information,
> not content.  <beginpage> is content _about_ (legacy) formatting 
> information.
> 
> >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?
> 
> Actually it probably did work--just not the way you expected.
> As it says in Docbook:The Definitive Guide:
> 
> > Description
> > 
> > The BeginPage element marks the location of an actual page break in a
> > print version of the document, as opposed to where a page break might
> > appear in a further rendition of the document. This information may be
> > used, for example, to allow support staff using an online system to
> > coordinate with a user referring to a page number in a printed manual.
> > 
> > Processing expectations
> > 
> > The break identified by BeginPage may be displayed in an online
> > version of the document or used for legacy purposes, but it is not
> > expected to cause a page break when the document is processed by an
> > SGML system.
> > 
> 
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