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RE: [docbook-apps] beginpage (was: FO pagebreak)
- From: "Marius Scurtescu" <mscurtescu at healthmetrx dot com>
- To: "Matthew Braun" <mbraun at urbana dot css dot mot dot com>
- Cc: <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:59:12 -0800
- Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] beginpage (was: FO pagebreak)
I see, so I will have to use the processing instruction to
force a page break.
Just out of curiosity, how is beginpage rendered (or
supposed to be rendered) in order to help cross
referencing page numbers?
Thanks,
Marius
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Braun [mailto:mbraun@urbana.css.mot.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:53 AM
> To: Marius Scurtescu
> Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] beginpage (was: FO pagebreak)
>
>
>
> >How about the beginpage tag?
>
> Nope. The page break Danny was looking for was formatting information,
> not content. <beginpage> is content _about_ (legacy) formatting
> information.
>
> >Isn't it supposed to do the same thing as the processing
> >instruction defined below (custom-pagebreak)?
> >
> >I tried using beginpage and it did not work. So it
> >is either not implemented or it is not supposed to
> >insert a page break. Any clues?
>
> Actually it probably did work--just not the way you expected.
> As it says in Docbook:The Definitive Guide:
>
> > Description
> >
> > The BeginPage element marks the location of an actual page break in a
> > print version of the document, as opposed to where a page break might
> > appear in a further rendition of the document. This information may be
> > used, for example, to allow support staff using an online system to
> > coordinate with a user referring to a page number in a printed manual.
> >
> > Processing expectations
> >
> > The break identified by BeginPage may be displayed in an online
> > version of the document or used for legacy purposes, but it is not
> > expected to cause a page break when the document is processed by an
> > SGML system.
> >
>
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