[Booki-dev] Removing some unwanted pages from produced PDF, disabling alternative margins

[adam]

i think the file to edit is

installdir/objavi/fmbooks.py

how versed are you at python?

adam



On 08/08/2011 02:06 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
> Hello
>
> I could not find any fmbook template. I did find two interesting templates:
>
> end_matter.en.html
> inside-front-cover.en.html
>
> If I hack those, I can control what goes into these pages. The problem
> is that I dont want those pages at all. I tried to remove those HTML
> files in the hope that Objavi would skip them, but the PDF generation
> then fails (logically, at the Generate preamble pdf, since it does not
> find it).
>
> So, if there a "master template"? Or can I disable the generation of
> preamble and end matter alltogether?
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>  wrote:
>> hey :)
>>
>> On 08/08/2011 12:33 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Now that I managed to install Objavi correctly, I have 3 questions
>>> about the generated PDF (which is not yet perfect according to my
>>> needs):
>>>
>>> 1) How can I remove the (almost blank) page with the book license at
>>> the start? (we already have a hand written page where we explain our
>>> license).
>>
>> i think you need to hack the templates. check fmbook template and alter that
>> as i believe it is the default
>>
>>> 2) How can I remove the (almost blank) page with the Made with booki
>>> content at the end?
>>
>>
>> same
>>
>>
>>> 3) Currently the PDF has alternating margins (on odd / even pages). I
>>> guess that would be great for publishing (actually printing the book)
>>> but we also want to have a web PDF version of the book. How can I
>>> disable these alternating margins? Choosing the "web"export from
>>> objavi does not work for us since it also suppresses the table of
>>> contents (which we need!)
>>
>> ooo...good question...um....luka?
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>
>>> Jean-Noel
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