Re: [docbook-apps] Suppressing blank pages between chapters with double.sided output

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

Hi,
I just copied your code below into a customization layer containing a copy 
of the initial.page.number template from fo/pagesetup.xsl, and it works as 
expected (no generated blank pages), with both FOP and XEP.  Can you 
provide more details about how you made the change.

You can take a peek inside your generated fo file.  Look for 
<fo:page-sequence> for a chapter, and see if it has an attribute 
initial-page-number="auto".  If not, then your customization isn't getting 
into the output for some reason.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@free.fr>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:27 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Suppressing blank pages between chapters with 
double.sided output


>
> Hi,
>
>     I am trying to suppress blank pages between chapters following the
> advice given in the message:
>
> http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/docbook-apps/200604/msg00216.html
>
> It suggests:
>
> "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>
>
> [in the file fo/pagesetup.xsl]."
>
> I've tried this but I can't get it to work:
>
>    <!-- double-sided output -->
>    <xsl:when test="$double.sided != 0">
>      <xsl:choose>
>        <xsl:when test="$element = 'toc'">auto-odd</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:when test="$element = 'book'">101</xsl:when>
>        <!-- preface typically continues TOC roman numerals -->
>        <!-- Change page.number.format if not -->
>        <xsl:when test="$element = 'preface'">auto-odd</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:when test="($element = 'dedication' or $element = 'article')
>                    and not(preceding::chapter
>                            or preceding::preface
>                            or preceding::appendix
>                            or preceding::article
>                            or preceding::dedication
>                            or parent::part
>                            or parent::reference)">1</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:when test="generate-id($first.book.content) =
>                        generate-id(.)">301</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:otherwise>auto</xsl:otherwise>
>      </xsl:choose>
>    </xsl:when>
>
> (Note that page number changes of 1 to 101 and 301 are
> to confirm that I am editing the right place.)
>
> I've tried this with docbook-xsl-1.70.1 and docbook-xsl-shapshot
> from Dec 12th using libxml 20627, libxslt 10118 and libexslt 813.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks, Tav
>
>
>
>
>
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