Re: [docbook] Including two title pages in a PDF file and page numbering

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

Hi Gabriela,
The page number format is handled by the template named 'page.number.format' 
in fo/pagesetup.xsl.  That template is written to set the format attribute 
value for each page-sequence that calls it. It bases the choice on the 
element calling the template.  Normally an article is a single page 
sequence, so changing the format would not be an option.

But if you are generating separate title pages, you may be generating a 
separate page-sequence (certainly the 'front.cover' template that I provided 
does).  Alternatively, your title pages may be in the same article 
page-sequence but with forced page breaks.  Since I don't know which method 
you are using for your article title pages, I cannot provide much specific 
advice.

If your title pages are generated with a call to the 'page.sequence' 
template as I suggested for the half title page, then that template accepts 
template parameters for page number format and initial page number:

<xsl:call-template name="page.sequence">
 <xsl:with-param name="format">i</xsl:with-param>
 <xsl:with-param name="initial-page-number">auto</xsl:with-param>
 <xsl:with-param name="content">
   ...

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


From: Gabriela Simonka
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 2:29 PM
To: Bob Stayton
Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [docbook] Including two title pages in a PDF file and page 
numbering


So now let's tackle the number format (using roman numerals for the 
titlepages and toc; having the first page start back at 1 ...)

What changes need to be made to the code snippet you provided me before 
regarding the number format for the titlepages and the toc and the reset of 
the pagenumber to 1 with the content?

-Gabriela


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

Sorry, I thought we were talking about a book, not an article.  Only the 
book template automatically calls the 'front.cover' placeholder template.

An article does not normally have separate recto and verso title pages. Your 
customization must already be producing those, so you may need to extend 
your customization to add <xsl:call-template name="front.cover"/> to your 
customization so it produces the extra half title page.


Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


From: Gabriela Simonka

Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 1:46 PM
To: Bob Stayton
Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [docbook] Including two title pages in a PDF file and page 
numbering



Hi Bob,

Thanks for your reply. However, I would need a little more guidance. I'm not 
sure I follow your suggestion completely.... I will tackle only the extra 
titlepage for now...



On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:


Yes, I've done this kind of half title page before.  The book template calls 
an empty placeholder template named 'front.cover' before any other content. 
If you add such a template to your customization layer, it will appear 
before the title page.  That template needs to call the template named 
'page.sequence' to generate an fo:page-sequence for the extra content. Since 
you are already doing double sided, the new page sequence will automatically 
generate the blank verso page.

You put the content of the page-sequence in the 'content' param for the 
template.  Below is an example that puts just the title and subtitle on the 
extra title page.  Those xsl:apply-templates were copied from 
fo/titlepage.templates.xsl, from the template named 'book.titlepage.recto' 
which generates the normal title page.  If you have customized your title 
page and generated new title page templates, you will want to copy those 
instead.



Our print customization layer (myprint.xsl) imports the a few XSL sheets, 
including a customized titlepage.xsl file called prn-titlepage.xsl, which is 
generated from prn-titlepage.xml. The 'myprint.xsl' file also includes a 
customized title page, ironically called 'mybook-titlepage' (with 
mybook-titlepage-first, mybook-titlepage-even and mybook-titlepage-odd also 
defined).

To my print customization layer (myprint.xsl) I added the 'front.cover' 
template as follows, taking the 'content' from the 'article.titlepage.recto' 
from the generated prn-titlepages.xsl sheet .... It did not give me an extra 
titlepage ...


<!-- Adding a second title page -->
<xsl:template name="front.cover">
<xsl:call-template name="page.sequence">
 <xsl:with-param name="master-reference">titlepage</xsl:with-param>
 <xsl:with-param name="content">
<xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="articleinfo/mediaobject"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="artheader/mediaobject"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="info/mediaobject"/>
   <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="articleinfo/title">
       <xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="articleinfo/subtitle"/>
     </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test="artheader/subtitle">
    <xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="artheader/subtitle"/>
  </xsl:when>
     <xsl:when test="info/subtitle">
       <xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="info/subtitle"/>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:when test="subtitle">
       <xsl:apply-templates mode="subtitle.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="subtitle"/>
     </xsl:when>
   </xsl:choose>

<xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="articleinfo/abstract"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="artheader/abstract"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="info/abstract"/>

   <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="articleinfo/subtitle">
       <xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="articleinfo/subtitle"/>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:when test="info/subtitle">
       <xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="info/subtitle"/>
     </xsl:when>
     <xsl:when test="subtitle">
       <xsl:apply-templates mode="article.titlepage.recto.auto.mode" 
select="subtitle"/>
     </xsl:when>
   </xsl:choose>
 </xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>

-Gabriela