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Mark S

Dec 23, 2020; 1:32pm

Book structure

Is it possible to get this structure for asciidoctor-pdf using a book doctype:

front cover (yes, this can be done with the theme)
bare title page (title without subtitle or author) ??
blank page ??
title page (yes)
copyright page ??
dedication page ??
blank page ??
TOC (yes)
... parts & chapters ... (yes)
appendices (yes)
index (yes)
colophon (yes)
back cover (yes, this can be done with the theme)

In other words is it possible to exercise control over all the forematter pages?

Harmyder

Dec 23, 2020; 3:17pm

Re: Book structure

This post was updated on Dec 23, 2020; 6:17pm.

Dedication

And looks one can use more than preface to get copyright page:


:doctype: book
:toc: macro

...

[dedication]
== Dedication

[preface]
== Copyright
This all belongs to me.

toc::[]

[preface]
== Preface
Very good stuff.

Also this might help Allow PDF page to be imported using image block macro

PS. Very good question indeed. E.g. I need an additional title page for the translated title.

Harmyder

Dec 23, 2020; 8:13pm

Re: Book structure

In reply to this post by Mark S

Looks like this solved title, translated title and copyright pages problem for me:


[discrete]
== Book Title
'''
David

_Third Edition_

<<<

[discrete]
== Назва книги
'''
Девід

_Переклад третього видання_

<<<

[discrete]
== Copyright

Copyright © 2020

mojavelinux

Dec 23, 2020; 8:33pm

Re: Book structure

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In reply to this post by Mark S

Mark,

What you may be looking for is the media=prepress setting, which will insert blank pages so that the chapters (and special chapters) are always facing. (And you can tweak this per chapter by using the %nonfacing option).

https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf/blob/master/docs/theming-guide.adoc#prepress

Beyond that, the answer is no. Asciidoctor PDF creates an opinionated PDF (because we have to draw the line somewhere or else the complexity just skyrockets). But the answer is also kind of yes because you can extend the converter to have it do whatever you want (within reason of what can be done using Prawn).

Best Regards,

-Dan

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 6:33 AM Mark S [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Is it possible to get this structure for asciidoctor-pdf using a book doctype:

front cover (yes, this can be done with the theme)
bare title page (title without subtitle or author) ??
blank page ??
title page (yes)
copyright page ??
dedication page ??
blank page ??
TOC (yes)
... parts & chapters ... (yes)
appendices (yes)
index (yes)
colophon (yes)
back cover (yes, this can be done with the theme)

In other words is it possible to exercise control over all the forematter pages?

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Mark S

Dec 24, 2020; 8:33am

Re: Book structure

Thanks for the feedback and help. Looks like being sufficient for my needs.

mojavelinux

Dec 24, 2020; 9:23am

Re: Book structure

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That's excellent to hear!

-Dan

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