[ docbook-Bugs-1189965 ] Blank title page not allowed

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Bugs item #1189965, was opened at 2005-04-26 05:33
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Category: DocBook XSL
Group: Print/FO/PDF
>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Paul A. Hoadley (paulhoadley)
>Assigned to: Jirka Kosek (kosek)
Summary: Blank title page not allowed

Initial Comment:
Ben Branders <ben...@sk...> wanted to
generate a title page containing just an image.  I
suggested the following template in his customisation
layer:

<xsl:template name="book.titlepage.recto">
  <fo:block>
    <fo:external-graphic src="url(images/frontpage.png)"/>
  </fo:block>
</xsl:template>

Ben pointed out that FOP produces no title page with
this construction, and I confirmed this with XEP.

Mauritz Jeanson <mj...@jo...> pointed out that
this occurs due to the following test in
titlepage.templates.xsl:

<xsl:if test="normalize-space($recto.content) != ''">
  <fo:block><xsl:copy-of
select="$recto.content"/></fo:block>
</xsl:if>

That is, some text is required.  It can be fooled with
a zero-width space (&#8203;), but Bob Stayton
<bo...@sa...> thought it was a bug rather than a
feature:

> I think it is a bug.  In fact, I can't imagine why
that test is
> there at all.  If someone needs to have a blank
titlepage,
> why not let them?


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>Comment By: Jirka Kosek (kosek)
Date: 2005-04-29 22:05

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Fixed in CVS.
You can directly test it if you grab snapshot release from http://
docbook.sourceforge.net/snapshots

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