1 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
2 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
3 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
4 xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
5 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
6 version="5.0" xml:id="force.blank.pages">
8 <refentrytitle>force.blank.pages</refentrytitle>
9 <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
12 <refname>force.blank.pages</refname>
13 <refpurpose>Generate blank page to end on even page number</refpurpose>
17 <src:fragment xml:id="force.blank.pages.frag">
18 <xsl:param name="force.blank.pages" select="1"/>
22 <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
24 <para>If non-zero (the default), then each page sequence will be forced to
25 end on an even-numbered page, by inserting a blank page
26 if necessary. This will force the next page sequence to start
27 on an odd-numbered page, which is a standard convention
28 for printed and bound books.</para>
30 <para>If zero, then such blank pages will not be inserted.
31 Chapters will start on the next available page,
32 regardless of whether it is an even or odd number.
33 This is useful when publishing online where blank
37 <para>This param is independent of the
38 <parameter>double.sided</parameter> parameter, which
39 just triggers the use of even and odd page sequence
40 masters that differ in their header and footer placement.
41 So you can combine the two params for alternating
42 headers/footers and no blank pages.