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[xsl] XSL-FO: Suppressing Header on First Page of Chapter

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Hey folks,

I'm trying to create a book-quality PDF, including headers, running footers, odd and even pages, etc. I've been stumped by one problem however, so I'm requesting some advice.

At the beginning of each chapter (which is on a new page), I have a large-font title on it. On these pages (and only these pages), I want to suppress the header section (as you often see in published books). I searched Google and couldn't find anything directly relevant.

I'm not exactly sure how what approach to take with this. I could use a new page-sequence, but I'm not sure how I'd call it just for the one page. Alternatively, I was thinking there may be a way to suppress it with a xsl:if when displaying the header, but I have no idea what sort of condition to use.

A short example of my XML is as follows:

<div1>
  <div2 title="Chapter 1">
    <p>...</p>
  </div2>
  <div2 title="Chapter 2">
    <p>...</p>
  </div2>
  <div2 title="Chapter 3">
    <p>...</p>
  </div2>
</div1>

And my main p.s.m. (which generates all the content):

<fo:page-sequence-master master-name="body">
<fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
<fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="BodyRight" odd-or-even="odd" />
<fo:conditional-page-master-reference master-reference="BodyLeft" odd-or-even="even" />
</fo:repeatable-page-master-alternatives>
</fo:page-sequence-master>


Obviously, those div2 elements would generate numerous pages each. I can provide some more XSL if that would be helpful, but it didn't see that as necessary at this point.

Thanks for any guidance you can provide,
Jordan D.

BTW, I'm using FOP 0.20.5

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