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Re: [docbook-apps] beginpage (was: FO pagebreak)
- From: Matthew Braun <mbraun at urbana dot css dot mot dot com>
- To: "Marius Scurtescu" <mscurtescu at healthmetrx dot com>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:52:50 CST
- 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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