Re: [docbook-apps] thinking about sections, sub-sections and pagebreaks

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Patrick Eisenacher <>
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2003-05-15T13:39:53+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] thinking about sections, sub-sections and pagebreaks
Hi Robert,

Robert P. J. Day schrieb:
[snip]
>   now, semantically, it is sometimes reasonable to have the text
> immediately following a Major section represent some kind of lead-up or
> intro to the upcoming subsections, and that's what would appear on that
> first page:
> 
>   <s><t>Major section</t>
>    <p> ... some intro here to lay the groundwork for the subsections
>     to follow ...
>    </p>
> ----- page break here, which would be acceptable -----
>    <s><t>Subsection 1</t>
>    ...
>   </s>
> 
> but it's not always appropriate to do this -- there may not be anything
> you want to say before the first subsection -- you just want to get right
> down to business and you're back where you started.

The books I know don't do a pagebreak for the scenario above.

I think what you want is:
- do a pagebreak before every level 1 section
- do a pagebreak before every other section, unless it's the first in 
its hierarchy level

Regarding the stylesheet customization, some other kind soul has to help 
you on this.

Good luck,
Patrick