Re: [xsl] [FO] page-sequence/@initial-page-number creates blank page

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2009-06-19 13:10 +0000, Florent Georges wrote:
>  I've just found a weird behaviour with the following document:
>
>    <fo:root 
> xmlns:fo="<http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format>http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
>       <fo:layout-master-set>
>          <fo:simple-page-master
>                master-name="m" margin="7.5mm"
>                page-height="210mm" page-width="297mm">
>             <fo:region-body/>
>          </fo:simple-page-master>
>       </fo:layout-master-set>
>       <fo:page-sequence master-reference="m">
>          <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
>             <fo:block>block</fo:block>
>          </fo:flow>
>       </fo:page-sequence>
>       <fo:page-sequence master-reference="m"
>                         initial-page-number="1">
>          <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
>             <fo:block>block</fo:block>
>          </fo:flow>
>       </fo:page-sequence>
>    </fo:root>
>
>  The result is a document in 3 pages, with the word "block" on
> the first and the last one (as expected) but with an extra blank
> page between them (this one is not expected.)

Actually, it is expected.

>  If I remove @initial-page-number, the result is as expected
> (except that my real problem does rely on this attribute to have
> correct number pages, of course.)
>
>  Is it a problem of my processor or is it the expected behaviour
> (or did I do something wrong?)

You asked for a second page sequence starting at page number 1.  Odd 
page numbers are typically on the opposite side of even numbered 
pages, so the processor adds a blank page to the first page sequence.

If what you want is two consecutive pages numbered 1, then stop the 
forcing of the blank page in the first page sequence, as below.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . Ken

   <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";>
      <fo:layout-master-set>
         <fo:simple-page-master
               master-name="m" margin="7.5mm"
               page-height="210mm" page-width="297mm">
            <fo:region-body/>
         </fo:simple-page-master>
      </fo:layout-master-set>
      <fo:page-sequence master-reference="m" force-page-count="no-force">
         <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
            <fo:block>block</fo:block>
         </fo:flow>
      </fo:page-sequence>
      <fo:page-sequence master-reference="m"
                        initial-page-number="1">
         <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
            <fo:block>block</fo:block>
         </fo:flow>
      </fo:page-sequence>
   </fo:root>



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