RE: [xsl] XSL-FO page layout question

Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL-FO page layout question
From: "Cindy Hunt" <Cindy.Hunt@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:23:48 -0400
Thanks, Ken. This helped me get started and I think I have it all figured out.
I removed all of my blank page definitions and references. I also had to
change to force-page-count="end-on-even".

I appreciate everyone's help with this!
Cindy Hunt

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 1:52 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL-FO page layout question

Hi Cindy,

At 2007-04-05 10:40 -0400, Cindy Hunt wrote:
>Thanks for the suggestion. This seems to kick it in the pants and make
>the first page of the next chapter know that it is a first page. One
>thing it now does weird is that if the page before it is blank, it now
>prints the even numbered page using the odd-page layout (the running
>head is flush right instead of left like a right hand page). So I will
>have 3 recto-looking pages in a row instead of the one in the middle
>looking like a verso.
>
>Anyone seen this behavior before?

This is happening because of your conditional page masters.  Looking at your
earlier post I see the following:

 >                                 <fo:page-sequence-master
 > master-name="my-sequence">
 >
 > <fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
 >
 ><fo:conditional-page-master-reference page-position="first"
 >
 >master-reference="first-page" odd-or-even="odd"/>  >
><fo:conditional-page-master-reference odd-or-even="odd"
 >blank-or-not-blank="not-blank"
 >
 >master-reference="odd-page"/>
 >
 ><fo:conditional-page-master-reference odd-or-even="even"
 >blank-or-not-blank="not-blank"
 >
master-reference="even-page"/>
 >                         <fo:conditional-page-master-reference
 > blank-or-not-blank="blank"
 >
 >master-reference="blank-page"/>
 >
 ></fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
 >                                 </fo:page-sequence-master>

I note that you do not have a conditional page master reference for a page
that is not the first page and is blank.  You expressly indicate in your
choice that the two conditional pages must be "not-blank" to be used.
Therefore, you don't have any available page master to use for your blank
page.

I'm surprised you didn't get an error message along the lines of "cannot find
an available page master for this page" ... you should have.  Since you
didn't, I guess the formatter you are using is arbitrarily picking a page
geometry to use that is giving you the appearance you are seeing.

If you include in your set of choices a combination of conditions that
provides for blank pages, then you should get what you want.  Is there a
reason you have blank-or-not-blank="not-blank" or can that now be removed so
that you do have an available page master for a blank page?

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken


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