Hi,
Multiple columns are specified in the page-master, so your index content
must be removed from the main article page-sequence that uses the "body"
page-master and put into a new page-sequence using the "index" page-master.
You would have to customize the template with match="article" from
fo/component.xsl.
Near the end of the template, change:
...
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
to:
...
<xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::index)]"/>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
<xsl:call-template name="page.sequence">
<xsl:with-param name="master-reference">index</xsl:with-param>
<xsl:with-param name="content">
<xsl:apply-templates select="index"/>
</xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rasmus Kaj" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Columns in index of article, with docbook-xsl-ns
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying, without success, to get a multi-column index in a DocBook
> article.
>
> After a lot of searching I found that the index page-master isn't used
> for an article. If I switch to a book it works, but then I get loads of
> extra page breaks and empty pages that I don't want (and what I write
> feels more like an article than a book).
>
> I do have the index on a page for itself. Can I specify a page-master
> from my titlepages specification? Or can I specify a number of column
> in some way that don't require the use of a page-master?
>
>
> I'm using DocBook 5.0, docbook-xsl-ns-1.73.2, and fop 0.94.
>
>
> --
> Rasmus Kaj <>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail:
> For additional commands, e-mail:
>
>
>
