Re: [docbook-apps] rules for different classes

[Thomas Gier <thomas.gier@gmx.de>]

Hi Guy,

[...]

I checked the below with one of my books using the 1.65.0 stylesheets:

> to suppress the header rule.  How can I
> suppress the rule just on the first page 
> of a chapter?
> 

Copy the "header.table" template from fo/pagesetup.xsl to your
customisation layer and add a <xsl:if> which checks whether the
$sequence has not the value "first":

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<xsl:template name="header.table">
   <xsl:param name="pageclass" select="''"/>
   <xsl:param name="sequence" select="''"/>
   <xsl:param name="gentext-key" select="''"/>

   <xsl:variable name="candidate">
     <fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%">


<!-- GUY: xsl:if added -->
       <xsl:if test="$sequence != 'first'">
         <xsl:call-template name="head.sep.rule"/>
       </xsl:if>


[...]
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> In a similar question to the first: I only 
> want a footer on the first page of a chapter.  
> How can I suppress the footer rule on every page 
> except the first page of a chapter? 
> 

Nearly the same as above but this time the "footer.table" template in
fo/pagesetup.xsl should be copied and altered:

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<xsl:template name="footer.table">
   <xsl:param name="pageclass" select="''"/>
   <xsl:param name="sequence" select="''"/>
   <xsl:param name="gentext-key" select="''"/>

[...]

   <xsl:variable name="candidate">
     <fo:table table-layout="fixed" width="100%">

<!-- GUY: xsl:if added--->

       <xsl:if test="$sequence = 'first'">
         <xsl:call-template name="foot.sep.rule">
           <xsl:with-param name="pageclass" select="$pageclass"/>
           <xsl:with-param name="sequence" select="$sequence"/>
           <xsl:with-param name="gentext-key" select="$gentext-key"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
       </xsl:if>
[...]
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Hope this helps ...

Thomas Gier

Technical Writer
Aachen / Germany