[xep-support] Re: A scenario in which break-after causes blank pages

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2013-08-01 12:08 +0000, Harvey, Paul (Contractor) wrote:
>I have a source XML file comprised of <question> elements, which 
>contain a bunch of text and tabular content.
>My stylesheet outputs the content for a <question> and then emits a 
><fo:block break-after="page"/> so that the output for each question 
>starts at the top of a new page.
>However, if the output for a question completely fills a page downs 
>to it's last available line, then the <fo:block break-after="page"/> 
>causes a blank page following it, which is not desirable.
>Is there anyway around this?

Usually there is *always* room for an empty block at the bottom of a 
page, regardless of how close the last block is to the bottom.  So I 
would check your next-to-last block to make sure there are no 
space-after= constraints that are pushing your block to the following page.

Alternatively, have you tried:

    <fo:block keep-with-previous="always" break-after="page"/>

... though that should be redundant.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . Ken

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