Re: A few niggles

Subject: Re: A few niggles
From: G.B.Stott@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:08:40 +0100
Hi there,

I'm very grateful to Sebastian who helped on a couple of the niggles. He says:

> G.B.Stott@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >  > 1. When using 2 column text, the last page always comes out with columns
>  > balanced even though I have the following belt-and-braces pair active.
>  > 
>  > 	(define %page-balance-columns?% #f)
>  > 	(define page-balance-columns? #f)
> 
> this is fixed, so far as I know, in current jadetex and/or docbook
> .dsl files

My jadetex is 2.2 (Debian Linux 2.2-0.2) and docbook.dsl 1.21 (from the CD
with Norm's book) so perhaps they are a bit old.

>  > 2. Regularly (I am tempted to say, `Always' but I'm not certain) I get a
>  > blank page at the end of a document.
> 
> this is a feature :-}

In the same way as most British people think that rain is a `feature' of our
summer, I suppose :-)

>  > 3. The page number on the first page of a document is lower than on all
>  > succeeding pages. When I get an extra blank page, there is no page number at
> 
> i'd need to see a concrete example of this
> 
>  > Below is a very short example which exhibits the first two problems; there's
> ..
>  > <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//G.B.Stott//DTD Extension 1.0 to DocBook 3.1//EN">
> 
> call me a bastard if you like, but I really think you should submit
> test file against a public identifier that I have a hope in hell of
> matching

I do apologise for the duff public identifier and agree wholeheartedly with
what Sebastian said. When I started using DocBook, I made a few changes just
to see their effect; they were soon commented out but I continued to use the
same identifier.

I have a concrete example of niggle 3 (the page number being lower on the
first page than the rest) which uses nothing but standard stuff.
Unfortunately, it is rather large since it must be longer than a single
page; it appears below followed by a log of the various programs called to
get the .ps file which exhibits the low page number effect, so that the
parameters used can be seen. Also, part way through the source there is a
comment. If this is uncommented the page number appears in the right place.
(The layout of the source file may appear strange but this is because the
file is automatically generated.)

Barrie.
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<article>
<artheader>
	<title>This is a simple heading</title>
	<title>This is a simple heading</title>
</artheader>

<simpara>
This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple paragraph
with only a few different words in it. This is a simple paragraph with only
a few different words in it. This is a simple paragraph with only a few
different words in it. This is a simple paragraph with only a few different
words in it. This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in
it. This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This
is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.

	{{</simpara><blockquote><simpara>This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.
		This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This
		is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.</blockquote><simpara>}}

<orderedlist><listitem><simpara>
	{{</simpara><blockquote><simpara>This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.
		This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This
		is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
		simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.</blockquote><simpara>}}

<simpara>
	This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is
	a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a
	simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
	paragraph with only a few different words in it.This is a simple
	paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
	paragraph with only a few different words in it.

</simpara></listitem><listitem><simpara> 	THISSSSS is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.
<!--THISSSSS is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.-->


<itemizedlist><listitem><simpara> This is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it. This
	is a simple paragraph with only a few different words in it.

	{{</simpara><blockquote><simpara>This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it. This is a simple
		paragraph with only a few different words in it.

</blockquote><simpara>}}
</listitem></itemizedlist>

</listitem></orderedlist>
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jade -e -E4 -g -t tex  -d /usr/lib/dsssl/stylesheets/docbook/print/docbook.dsl -o /tmp/x.tex /tmp/x.sgml
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2)
(/tmp/x.tex
JadeTeX 1998/10/05: 2.2
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/t1ptm.fd)
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/jadetex/config/isoents.tex)
Elements will be labelled

(x.aux) (/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd)
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/ot2cyr/ot2wncyr.fd)
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/t1phv.fd)
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/ts1ptm.fd) [1] [2] [3] (x.aux) )
Output written on x.dvi (3 pages, 6852 bytes).
Transcript written on x.log.
dvips  -o /tmp/x.ps x.dvi
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