Re: [docbook-apps] Controlling page break after toc

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

This is a bit more complicated than it should be.  Each of the TOC and List of Tables 
etc. is in its own fo:page-sequence. When double-sided, each page-sequence is 
configured to end on an even page, filling in with a blank page if necessary.  And by 
default the page-sequence that follows it starts on an odd page, using the simple page 
master with master-name that includes "first", which uses margins like the "odd" page 
master.

So to eliminate the blank page, the TOC page-sequence has to be altered to not 
end-on-even, and the page-sequence that follows it has to be altered to start on the 
first available page, not an odd page.  The tricky part is knowing what page-sequence 
follows the TOC, which depends on your content (could be preface, part, chapter, 
etc.).

Fortunately, you don't have to redefine the page masters to do this.  It requires 
customizing the behavior of two templates whose purpose is to insert these page 
properties on each page-sequence.

The 'force.page.count' template from fo/pagesetup.xsl sets the 'end-on-even' property 
that forces the blank page, so that would need to be changed to 'no-force' when the 
$master-reference template param starts with 'lot', using an xsl:choose statement.

The 'initial.page.number' template also in fo/pagesetup.xsl sets the 'auto-odd' 
property that starts the following page-sequence on an odd page.  That would need to 
be changed to 'auto' for that page-sequence. Selecting just that page-sequence is the 
tricky part.  But if you don't do this step, then you can end up with an odd-numbered 
last TOC page followed by an odd-numbered title page, which throws off the odd-even 
page sequencing.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Arensmeier" <farensmeier@gmail.com>
To: "Docbook Apps Help list" <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 3:52 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Controlling page break after toc


Hi there.

I am generating double sided PDF files with the latest docbook xsl stylesheets. 
Everything is working just fine besides one thing. I'd like to get rid of the blank 
page that is inserted after the table of contents. How can this be accomplished? I can 
not find anything "suspicious" in the fo/titlepage.templates.xml file that could be 
tweaked.

Thank you,
/frank
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