Hi!
I have a problem concerning the page breaks of <chapter> elements in
double-sided PDF output!
The case is that I want <part>s, <toc>, <preface>, <index> and
<colophon> to break to the next recto page, while chapters and
appendices should only break to the next page (regardless if recto or
verso).
First I tried to modify the "force.page.count"- and
"initial.page.number"-templates as follows:
force.page.count(only changed content)::
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$element != 'chapter'">auto</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$double.sided != 0">end-on-even</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>no-force</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
initial.page.number(only changed content):
<xsl:when test="$double.sided != 0">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$element = 'chapter'">auto</xsl:when>
...
Unfortunately this ended up in displaying me a "half-double-sided" and
"half-single-sided" document. Furthermore, not every chapter wants to
wrap to a verso page...
I also tried to add a custom user-pagemaster:
<xsl:template name="user.pagemasters">
<fo:page-sequence-master master-name="body-chapter">
<fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
<fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="blank"
blank-or-not-blank="blank"/>
<fo:conditional-page-master-reference
master-reference="body-odd"
odd-or-even="odd"/>
<fo:conditional-page-master-reference odd-or-even="even">
<xsl:attribute name="master-reference">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$double.sided != 0">body-even</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>body-odd</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:attribute>
</fo:conditional-page-master-reference>
</fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
</fo:page-sequence-master>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="select.user.pagemaster">
<xsl:param name="element"/>
<xsl:param name="pageclass"/>
<xsl:param name="default-pagemaster"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$element = 'chapter'">
<xsl:value-of select="'body-chapter'"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$default-pagemaster"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
After that it works almost perfect - almost. The double-sided output is
fine but again not every chapter breaks to a verso page. I sometimes
have one blank page in front of a chapter and sometimes not.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance,
Mathias Schindler
