Modify the chapter opening
I need help in the following, I am trying to make all pages facing the chapter openings contain a gray of x% when they do not contain text (exclusive condition) only for the mainmatter section. The frontmatter and the backmatter are excluded from this condition.
the image below shows the result in two openings

I get this result by reviewing the opening of each chapter and placing the instruction at the end of the chapter
pagecolor{black!10}
and then at the beginning of the chapter
pagecolor{white}
to retake the color white
But what I am looking for is that this can be achieved automatically, since it is common to modify the texts and the box widths, which leads to having to constantly check the chapter openings
chapters book-design
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I need help in the following, I am trying to make all pages facing the chapter openings contain a gray of x% when they do not contain text (exclusive condition) only for the mainmatter section. The frontmatter and the backmatter are excluded from this condition.
the image below shows the result in two openings

I get this result by reviewing the opening of each chapter and placing the instruction at the end of the chapter
pagecolor{black!10}
and then at the beginning of the chapter
pagecolor{white}
to retake the color white
But what I am looking for is that this can be achieved automatically, since it is common to modify the texts and the box widths, which leads to having to constantly check the chapter openings
chapters book-design
1
Please show us a short compilable code (that is usual here!) we can play with ...
– Kurt
Jan 9 at 1:31
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I need help in the following, I am trying to make all pages facing the chapter openings contain a gray of x% when they do not contain text (exclusive condition) only for the mainmatter section. The frontmatter and the backmatter are excluded from this condition.
the image below shows the result in two openings

I get this result by reviewing the opening of each chapter and placing the instruction at the end of the chapter
pagecolor{black!10}
and then at the beginning of the chapter
pagecolor{white}
to retake the color white
But what I am looking for is that this can be achieved automatically, since it is common to modify the texts and the box widths, which leads to having to constantly check the chapter openings
chapters book-design
I need help in the following, I am trying to make all pages facing the chapter openings contain a gray of x% when they do not contain text (exclusive condition) only for the mainmatter section. The frontmatter and the backmatter are excluded from this condition.
the image below shows the result in two openings

I get this result by reviewing the opening of each chapter and placing the instruction at the end of the chapter
pagecolor{black!10}
and then at the beginning of the chapter
pagecolor{white}
to retake the color white
But what I am looking for is that this can be achieved automatically, since it is common to modify the texts and the box widths, which leads to having to constantly check the chapter openings
chapters book-design
chapters book-design
edited Jan 9 at 12:06
Imago Mundi
asked Jan 9 at 0:49
Imago MundiImago Mundi
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Please show us a short compilable code (that is usual here!) we can play with ...
– Kurt
Jan 9 at 1:31
add a comment |
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Please show us a short compilable code (that is usual here!) we can play with ...
– Kurt
Jan 9 at 1:31
1
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Please show us a short compilable code (that is usual here!) we can play with ...
– Kurt
Jan 9 at 1:31
Please show us a short compilable code (that is usual here!) we can play with ...
– Kurt
Jan 9 at 1:31
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Something like this?
documentclass{book}
usepackage{blindtext}
usepackage{xcolor}
%% Adapted from fancyhdr, section 14
%% http://ctan.triasinformatica.nl/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf
makeatletter
renewcommand*{cleardoublepage}{clearpageif@twoside ifoddc@pageelse
hbox{}pagecolor{black!10}%
thispagestyle{empty}%
newpage%
if@twocolumnhbox{}newpagefififipagecolor{white}}
makeatother
begin{document}
chapter{One}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Two}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Three}
blindtextblindtext
end{document}

Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
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Something like this?
documentclass{book}
usepackage{blindtext}
usepackage{xcolor}
%% Adapted from fancyhdr, section 14
%% http://ctan.triasinformatica.nl/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf
makeatletter
renewcommand*{cleardoublepage}{clearpageif@twoside ifoddc@pageelse
hbox{}pagecolor{black!10}%
thispagestyle{empty}%
newpage%
if@twocolumnhbox{}newpagefififipagecolor{white}}
makeatother
begin{document}
chapter{One}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Two}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Three}
blindtextblindtext
end{document}

Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
add a comment |
Something like this?
documentclass{book}
usepackage{blindtext}
usepackage{xcolor}
%% Adapted from fancyhdr, section 14
%% http://ctan.triasinformatica.nl/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf
makeatletter
renewcommand*{cleardoublepage}{clearpageif@twoside ifoddc@pageelse
hbox{}pagecolor{black!10}%
thispagestyle{empty}%
newpage%
if@twocolumnhbox{}newpagefififipagecolor{white}}
makeatother
begin{document}
chapter{One}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Two}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Three}
blindtextblindtext
end{document}

Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
add a comment |
Something like this?
documentclass{book}
usepackage{blindtext}
usepackage{xcolor}
%% Adapted from fancyhdr, section 14
%% http://ctan.triasinformatica.nl/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf
makeatletter
renewcommand*{cleardoublepage}{clearpageif@twoside ifoddc@pageelse
hbox{}pagecolor{black!10}%
thispagestyle{empty}%
newpage%
if@twocolumnhbox{}newpagefififipagecolor{white}}
makeatother
begin{document}
chapter{One}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Two}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Three}
blindtextblindtext
end{document}

Something like this?
documentclass{book}
usepackage{blindtext}
usepackage{xcolor}
%% Adapted from fancyhdr, section 14
%% http://ctan.triasinformatica.nl/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf
makeatletter
renewcommand*{cleardoublepage}{clearpageif@twoside ifoddc@pageelse
hbox{}pagecolor{black!10}%
thispagestyle{empty}%
newpage%
if@twocolumnhbox{}newpagefififipagecolor{white}}
makeatother
begin{document}
chapter{One}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Two}
blindtextblindtext
chapter{Three}
blindtextblindtext
end{document}

answered Jan 9 at 12:36
Jesse op den BrouwJesse op den Brouw
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468119
Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
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Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
Jesse, it is perfect. thank you!!!
– Imago Mundi
Jan 9 at 13:28
add a comment |
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Please show us a short compilable code (that is usual here!) we can play with ...
– Kurt
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