I have problem with customization layer of DocBook XSL. I use Apache FOP to transform document from DocBook XML to PDF. But the book contains second page (so called verso) and page List of Tables. I just have erased the content of verso, but second page remains empty now. I don't now how to remove second empty page.
(I have found one solution only. It is easy - just add <xsl:template name="book.titlepage.verso"/> to your templates, but after this element has been added, second page remains as empty page.)
I'm likewise unable to find any solution how to remove page List of Tables.
It was easy. I found this in titlepage.templates.xsl:
<xsl:template name="book.titlepage.before.verso"> <fo:block xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" break-after="page"/> </xsl:template>Aha! It is the template including page break, isn't? What happens when I turn it into an empty template? Et voilà, solution found:
<!-- clear verso --> <xsl:template name="book.titlepage.verso"/> <!-- clear page break after verso --> <xsl:template name="book.titlepage.before.verso"/>And how to remove annoying List of Tables? Copy basic TOC (table of content) settings into your template:
<xsl:param name="generate.toc">
appendix toc,title
article/appendix nop
article toc,title
book toc,title,figure,table,example,equation
chapter toc,title
part toc,title
preface toc,title
qandadiv toc
qandaset toc
reference toc,title
sect1 toc
sect2 toc
sect3 toc
sect4 toc
sect5 toc
section toc
set toc,title
</xsl:param>
In the list is everything that is to be collected in TOC in certain parts of the document. If you remove figure,table,example,equation, you get standard table of content.
Note: The list says, in which blocks should be table of content and in which blocks should not. If you need to reduce depth of TOC, you must add into your template e.g.:
<xsl:param name="toc.max.depth">2</xsl:param>