From: Bob Stayton (bobs@sagehill.net)
Date: Thu Feb 05 2004 - 20:58:02 PST
OK, but what happens when I add force-page-count="odd"
to the first page sequence, and then it turns out to have an
even number of pages? Wouldn't that force the first sequence
to output a blank odd page? Looking at the spec again,
it would seem the first sequence needs force-page-count="no-force",
right?
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>
To: <xep-support@renderx.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [xep-support] initial-page-number forces blank page
> At 2004-02-05 15:53 -0800, Bob Stayton wrote:
> >I've discovered that I get an unwanted blank page when I
> >set a page-sequence's initial-page-number property to an odd number
> >when the previous page-sequence ends on an odd number.
> >
> >I've included a complete FO example with two page sequences, each
> >with a short block of text for a single page. If the second
page-sequence
> >has initial-page-number set to an odd number such as 5, my output is:
> >
> >1 First page text.
> >2 Blank page.
> >5 Second page text.
> >
> >If I set initial-page-number to an even number, say 6, I get:
> >
> >1 First page text.
> >6 Second page text.
> >
> >I get the same behavior with XEP, FOP, and Antenna House.
>
> Right ... because the force-page-count= on your first sequence is "auto"
> thus section 7.25.6 says "Force [the last page in this page-sequence] to
be
> an even-page if the initial-page-number of the next page-sequence is odd."
>
> >It appears the
> >XSL-FO processors require the pages to alternate odd and even numbers,
> >even when the numbering is being manually reset.
>
> The specification says this, not the processors.
>
> >This is not useful when you are
> >producing single-sided output. I've not found a property that turns off
> >this behavior. Is there one?
>
> Just add force-page-count="odd" to your first page sequence ... because
you
> were so kind to include a complete working example, I was able to see this
> change works in XEP and Antenna House: the end result has pages 1 and 5
> next to each other with no intervening page.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ....................... Ken
>
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