Re: [docbook-apps] Section Numbering in Preface Arabic instead of Roman

[Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 09:45:20PM +0500, David Tolpin wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 05:11:08AM -0700, Sean Wheller wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Docbook XML 4.2
> > > Docbook XSL 1.60.1
> > > Xerces J 2.5.0
> > > Xalan J 2.5.1
> > > Apache FOP
> > > SuSE 8.2
> > > 
> > > When I transform to PDF the TOC shows page numbers,
> > > for each section, in Arabic as apposed to Roman, while
> > > the page numbers within the sections are Roman.
> > > 
> > > Is this standard or can I force Roman in this part of
> > > the TOC.
> > 
> > I'm not sure I'm understanding the question here.
> > Are you asking how to number the pages in a Preface
> > with arabic instead of roman numerals?
> > 
> 
> If I remember correctly, FOP has or had a  bug, due to
> that page-number-citation didn't
> use format specified for the corresponding page-number.
> Thus even for pages numbered
> in Roman numerals, Arabic numerals will be shown in the TOC.

It seems fop 0.20.5 no longer exhibits this bug in the TOC.

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