[NTG-context] Re: Again: How to make empty pages by default empty?

22 Sep 2003

      The following message was sent by "Willi Egger"  on 
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:16:01 +0200.

> Hi Steffen,
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From: "Steffen Wolfrum" 
 Subject: [NTG-context] Again: How to make empty pages by default empty?
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So I don't have to post so many (unanswered) questions any more...
Posting ConTeXt questions is fun, so don't stop doing this.
Patrick
Alright! So maybe I am also allowed to send again
one of my favorite problems from last week?
Still unanswered. Still unsolved. Very interesting!
To whom it may concern - don't hesitate to post an answer...
Thank you all,
Steffen
Hans Hagen  wrote:
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At 10:05 19/09/2003 +0200, you wrote:
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Hi Steffen,
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\definepagebreak
    [chapter]
    [yes,header,right]
\definepagebreak
    [chapter]
    [empty,header,right]
Sorry, but that doesn't work.
When changed the minimal example to...
\definepagebreak
    [chapter]
    [empty,header,right]
\setuphead
    [chapter]
    [page=chapter,]
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
\starttext
\startfrontmatter
    \completecontent
\stopfrontmatter
\startbodymatter
\chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte }
\chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte }
\chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte }
\stopbodymatter
\stoptext
... we have page numbers on (empty) page number 4, 18 and 19!
Plus there are two strange empty empty pages before the TOC?!
If you want to get a doublesided tzpeset document you should add also
 \setuplayout[location=doublesided].
I am not shure, whether the following is correct!
Empty pages at the beginning:
You start the frontmatters with the \completecontent. - I could imagine
 that
 this is a consequence of the fact that the TOC starts always on a righthand
 page. - Thus at the  moment of \startbodymatter tex is already on the first
 page. But after identifying the \completecontents command will create two
 page breaks in order to be able to typeset the TOC on a righthand page.
Pagenumbers on empty pages before starting a new chapter
Chapters begin on a right hand page. If the lefthand page is empty, there
 is
 correctly still the pagenumber. I do not know whether it is possible to
 check whether the page before a new chapter is completely empty.
Hi Willi, I hope that it can't be to difficult:

Cause the page before a new chapter is actually completely empty JUST 
BECAUSE it is generated by (Con)TeX(t) - for chapters should begin on 
a right page.

So I only ask for empty pages (without pagenumbers) that are 
generated by (Con)TeX(t).

That's not possible in ConTeXt?

Steffen