docbook-apps

Hi!

I tried to find a way to have the TOC be the first page produced when
producing a pdf book w/ docbook fo xsl stylesheets.


E.g. this simple book produces a title page, some other page w/ book
title and a blank page before the TOC (when used w/out a customization
layer):


<book>


<chapter>

<para> abc</para>

<para>blah blah</para>

</chapter>
</book>


Adding

<xsl:template name="book.titlepage"/>

to customization layer seems to remove 2 out of the three. How do I get
rid of the third one?


BTW, what are the two other pages besides the title page?



-Antti-

Antti Karanta wrote:
>
> BTW, what are the two other pages besides the title page?

The one with the title in a smaller font than the actual title page is
called the verso. The word comes from the same root that gives us
"reverse", as it refers to the back side of the title page. It's meant
for double-sided printing, as happens in real paper books. Almost any
real book you look at will have certain material on the verso, by
tradition, such as copyright information, edition and printing
information, etc. DocBook puts as much stuff on the verso as it has.
If it only has the title, that's all it will put there.

I don't know what this other blank page you're referring to is. You
might need to post either a link to the generated PDF or the source that
created it.