RE: [page][gcpm] should a named page start on a new page?

Also sprach Refstrup, Jacob Grundtvig:

 > >  > 8. A book contains endmatter pages, e.g.:
 > >  >
 > >  > 8(a). Appendices that require continuation of the book's page
 > >  > numbering but different page headers that include the appendix number
 > >  > and title.
 > >
 > > This is a good use case. This style sheet should work:
 > >
 > >   @page chapter {
 > >      @bottom-center { content: counter(page) }
 > >   }
 > >   @page appendix {
 > >      @top-center { content: "Appendix " counter(appendix) ":
 > > " string(title) }
 > >      @bottom-center { content: counter(page) }
 > >   }
 > >
 > >   div.appendix { counter-increment: appendix }
 > >   div.chapter { counter-increment: chapter }
 > >   h1 { string-set: title content() }
 > >
 > >
 > >  > 8(b). As in 8(a) but each appendix has its own page numbering.
 > >
 > >   div.appendix { counter-reset: page }
 > >
 > 
 > What if these pages need to be referenced from a toc? Sometimes
 > pages in appendices are numbered A-1, A-2, ... --- there may
 > already exit the mechanism to do this but I think it would be a
 > good use case to add.

Yes. Here's a some sample code, and sample rendering, for this use case:

  http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2008/tests/appendix.html
  http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2008/tests/appendix.pdf

The html file contains this code:

<html>
<style>
@page chapter {
   @bottom-center { content: counter(page) }
}
@page appendix {
   @bottom-center { content: "A-" counter(page) }
}

div.toc a { display: block; text-decoration: none }
div.toc a.chapter:after { content: leader('.') target-counter(attr(href, url), page) }
div.toc a.appendix:after { content: leader('.') "A-" target-counter(attr(href, url), page) }
div.chapter { page: chapter; page-break-before: always }
div.appendix { page: appendix; page-break-before: always }
#appendix1 { counter-reset: page 1 }
</style>

<body>
  <div class=toc>
    <a class=chapter href="#chapter1">First chapter</a>
    <a class=chapter href="#chapter2">Second chapter</a>
    <a class=appendix href="#appendix1">First appendix</a>
    <a class=appendix href="#appendix2">Second appendix</a>
  </div>

  <div id=chapter1 class=chapter>....</div>
  <div id=chapter2 class=chapter>....</div>
  <div id=appendix1 class=appendix>....</div>
  <div id=appendix2 class=appendix>....</div>
</body>
</html>

-h&kon
              Håkon Wium Lie                          CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com                  http://people.opera.com/howcome

Received on Friday, 12 September 2008 09:47:16 UTC