Subject: Re: (dsssl) Two-sided / first page recto From: Jany Quintard <jany.quintard@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:35:30 +0200 |
Hello Tim * tmcd@xxxxxxxxx [Tue, 22/04/2003 at 17:20 -0400] > I'm using Jade or OpenJade on Debian Linux. (That is, I currently use > OpenJoade but I've used Jade in the past and I don't know any reason I > couldn't go back.) > > I had a decent structure to generate several separate documents from > the same XML: a cover letter, the main body, a "special exceptions" > > As far as I can tell from the on-line docs, the general page-sequence > model is supported in neither Jade nor OpenJade, so I have only > whatever simple-page-sequence provides. Yes? I seem to recall that there is now a beta version implementing the full page model. > I can see the Jade/OpenJade extension > page-number-restart?: #t > to make each what-used-to-be-its-own-document start its own page > number at 1 (if I import it as a characteristic extension). True? Yes. > Since it's duplex printing, I want each used-to-be document to start > on an odd-numbered (right-hand, recto) page. Is there any code to > force a simple-page-sequence to start on a recto page? I found some > list messages that say you can't, but there was a thread in late > February 2001 with things like > .../... > and "its activated by something in those patches to OpenJade, I > think." ("Sebastian Rahtz" > <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) I also found > elsewhere > > Set the following in your customization stylesheet: > (define %two-side% #t) > > but that is in a Docbook page and it says "DSSSL to PDF and > Postscript". I've not used Docbook at all -- it doesn't seem from the > name to be applicable, though I've not looked at it -- and the PDF > versions of my output are a little off from what I want. I have rapidly looked in the docbook stylesheets. This is only used to give symmetry to the headers and footers of the pages, depending on they are odd ore even numbered. > -- > Tim McDaniel, tmcd@xxxxxxxxx; tmcd@xxxxxxxxxx is my work address It seems that we are working for the same boss. Jany DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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