Re: XSLT/XSL-FO: How to get a special layout for the

On Wed, Nov 25 2009 17:49:21 +0000, martsonjackin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In my XML document, a new chapters is identified by a <CHAPTER> tag.

Transform each <CHAPTER> to a separate <fo:page-sequence> (containing a
<fo:flow> for the content of the chapter).

> I want the first page of every chapter to look different from the rest
> of the chapter pages (on the first page I want a bigger region-before
> size and the chapter name in region-before, but no chapter name on the
> rest of the pages).
>
> As far I understand, the solution may have something to do with
> fo:page-sequence-master, it seems to be able to assign a special
> page-master to the first page. I understand that I can identify the
> first page of the document this way, but how do I identify the first
> pages of the rest of the chapters? Don't I somehow have to make it
> react whenever a <CHAPTER> tag comes up, by invoking my "page-master
> for first pages"? How do I make it react on <CHAPTER> tags?

fo:page-sequence has a 'master-reference' property.  That can refer to
the 'master-name' property of either a fo:simple-page-master or a
fo:page-sequence-master.

If you refer to a fo:simple-page-master, then that's the layout that you
get for all the pages in the page-sequence.

If you refer to a fo:page-sequence-master, then you get to set up the
conditions under which the FO processor will pick particular page
masters.

If it's just the first page that's differerent, then the
fo:page-sequence-master [1] can contain a
fo:single-page-master-reference [2] that refers to the
fo:simple-page-master for the first page followed by a
fo:repeatable-page-master-reference [3] that refers to the
fo:simple-page-master for all the other pages.

You could achieve the same effect with fo:page-sequence-master
containing fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives containing two
fo:conditional-page-master with different conditions, but it's not
really necessary when you have one page and then the rest all the same.

Regards,


Tony Graham                         Tony.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Director                                  W3C XSL FO SG Invited Expert
Menteith Consulting Ltd                               XML Guild member
XML, XSL and XSLT consulting, programming and training
Registered Office: 13 Kelly's Bay Beach, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Registered in Ireland - No. 428599   http://www.menteithconsulting.com
  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --
xmlroff XSL Formatter                               http://xmlroff.org
xslide Emacs mode                  http://www.menteith.com/wiki/xslide
Unicode: A Primer                               urn:isbn:0-7645-4625-2

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_page-sequence-master
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_single-page-master-reference
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_repeatable-page-master-reference