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Re: Problem with heading appearing on new chapter page
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Gavin Smith |
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Re: Problem with heading appearing on new chapter page |
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Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:50:36 +0100 |
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 03:41:36PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote:
> I had a look at a few printed books and there seems to be typographical
> precedent for not having the page number in the usual place on a chapter
> page, so I am thinking that perhaps the page number should be omitted
> unconditionally if a @*heading command isn't used.
>
> FWIW, I don't think that's a good idea for Texinfo. The reason most
> books do chapter pages differently is that chapter openings are
> formatted significantly different from regular text pages. So, for
> example, the page number might appear centered at the bottom instead of
> in the header.
>
> But for Texinfo, all pages are (intentionally) laid out the same
> way. Texinfo is supposed to emphasize usability and simplicity over
> appearance. So not having a page number on a non-blank content does not
> seem right to me -- that would just make it harder for people to figure
> out what page it is if they want to refer to it.
Sounds good to me.
> As you know, Texinfo was never intended to support arbitrary formatting. -k
I'm not opposed in principle to people customizing output but not to add
special support for it, especially in TeX. (Maybe if there is ever a
LaTeX back-end then the customization could be done there.) Arbritrary
formatting in the Texinfo source is another issue which I agree is
unnecessary (colours, underlined text, etc.).