Re: When double-sided print, how to avoid chapter starting on odd pages?

There are additional steps required because of the way XSL-FO uses 
page-sequences for book components like chapters, etc. and the multiple 
XSL-FO properties that control page numbering, so getting the boundaries 
between page sequences to work is the issue..  This thread describes 
other parameters and changes that need to be made.

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200707/msg00093.html

It does not cover the thumb index because that's your own customization.

Bob Stayton
[email protected]

On 8/15/2020 8:39 AM, Bernhard Kleine wrote:
> Am 14.08.2020 um 20:38 schrieb Tony Graham:
>> On 14/08/2020 19:04, Bernhard Kleine wrote:
>>> I am using docbook for an book on butterflies and moths. The design is
>>> in A4, the brochure print is half size. The color print becomes
>>> increasingly expensive, since I have to pay for colour pages even if a
>>> page is empty. Since I adopted to double-sided organization for the sake
>>> of the thumb index, the empty (ever) pages before a new chapter cause
>>> increased costs. How can I avoid these empty pages? Which template to
>>> change?
>> It looks like you need to set the 'force.blank.pages' parameter [1] to
>> '0'.
>>
> Obviously that does not help very much: The page numbering and the thumb
> index will be on the wrong (inner) side doing this. There is to be
> something else: At first: if a page is empty, skip it; but secondly let
> the odd page following be an "even" one, and thirdly, adjust page
> numbering and thumb index accordingly.
>
> Regards
>
> Bernhard
>