Re: [docbook-apps] forcing toc to start with specific page number on fo

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

OK, try going back to double.sided=0 and  putting this in your customization layer:

<xsl:template name="book.titlepage.separator">
 <fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"; break-after="page">
   <xsl:text>&#xA0;</xsl:text>
 </fo:block>
 <fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"; break-after="page">
   <xsl:text>&#xA0;</xsl:text>
 </fo:block>
 <fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"; break-after="page">
   <xsl:text>&#xA0;</xsl:text>
 </fo:block>
</xsl:template>

The utility  template named 'book.titlepage.separator' is called by the stylesheet 
just after the two titlepages are generated.  Normally it just outputs one empty 
fo:block with break-after="page" to force a page break after the verso titlepage and 
before the TOC.  In this customization, it generates three page breaks, creating two 
blank pages.  I have found that some XSL-FO processors need such empty blocks to 
contain something in order to work, so I added a non-breaking space to each.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doris T Lam" <dlamoris@gmail.com>
To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] forcing toc to start with specific page number on fo


I tried that just now. with double.sided = 1, i got toc to show 'v', but then comes a 
blank page and list of tables becomes vii. Does that mean list of tables/list of 
figures is treated as a different page sequence?

Here's more of a context...so far, the output is fine if i don't use double sided 
(chapters start on new pages, but other than that there's no padding for starting on 
odd pages.) That's perfect for my customer, the only caveat is they want the toc to 
start with page 'v' so they can put in their own first 4 pages. We may customize the 
title pages in the future to get that, but right now just getting the toc to 'v' is 
good enough...

Thanks

On May 14, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Bob Stayton wrote:

> Hi,
> There is a stylesheet parameter named 'double.sided' that causes each page sequence 
> to start on an odd number, which then generates blank pages when needed.   Did you 
> set that param to 1?
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris T Lam" <dlamoris@gmail.com>
> To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
> Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] forcing toc to start with specific page number on fo
>
>
> I tried adding dedication and acknowledgements for padding, but then it put 'i' as 
> the page for dedication and ii for acknowledgement, and i end up with iii for toc 
> again...
> How would I manually insert blank pages in the stylesheets for padding before toc?
>
> On May 11, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
>
> > Hi Doris,
> > I don't see an easy solution for this.  The 'initial.page.number' template only 
> > accepts two template params, and neither of them distinguish between a table of 
> > contents and a list of tables etc.  I would suggest that blank pages are the way to 
> > go, or perhaps an empty element such as acknowledgements or dedication that takes 
> > up the space.
> >
> > Bob Stayton
> > Sagehill Enterprises
> > bobs@sagehill.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris T Lam" <dlamoris@gmail.com>
> > To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 11:05 AM
> > Subject: [docbook-apps] forcing toc to start with specific page number on fo
> >
> >
> > Hi, I'm using fop to transform docbook xml to pdf. What I have is a book with table 
> > of contents and some tables and figures. I'm trying to force the table of contents 
> > page to start with page number 'v' (currently the output starts with iii). What 
> > I've done so far is customize the "initial.page.number" template and put
> >
> > <xsl:when test="$element = 'toc'">5</xsl:when>
> >
> > instead of "auto"
> >
> > This gives me 'v' as the page number on table of contents, but the list of tables 
> > page and list of figures that comes after it is also 'v'. Should I be customization 
> > something else, or maybe force insert some blank pages before toc to get it to 
> > count to the page number I want?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doris
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