I think it can be even simpler and would work with XSL 1.0: Place an id attribute in a side-region of the simple-page-master for the last page and you can reference that id using page-number-citation. Precondition: page-position="last" must be implemented. :-)
On 06.02.2006 15:54:15 Luca Furini wrote: > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > A problem surfacing with the first expectation is the "page x of y" > > problem: The usual empty block with an "EOF"-ID at the end of all > > content in the fo:flow ends up on the next-to-last page which causes the > > last page to display "page n of n-1". Either the breaker has to detect > > such an element and force it on the last page or a different approach > > has to be taken to place the "EOF" marker. > > Just a quick untested idea: what about adding a way get the page number of > the last page without the need to add a marked block and a > page-number-citation? ... wait, we can even avoid inventing something new: > the 1.1 specs define a fo:page-number-citation-last element! > > If we don't have any more a block that must be necessarily placed in the > last page, we could use the width of the "finishing glue" (that could be > negative too) in the ending elements added by the LineLM, in order to > handle the difference between non-last page height and last page height. > > If the last-page BPD is bigger, the width will be < 0, in other words the > last, forced page break has a "discount" on the content elements width; if > the last-page BPD is smaller, the width will be > 0, which means that we > build a page with the same height but some "reserved" space, unavailable > for the content areas. > > Regards > Luca Jeremias Maerki
