On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:09:39 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

Am 30.03.2013 um 19:02 schrieb john Culleton :

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OK I am trying to be a good boy and use \component instead of \input in MKIV but my problem persists. I have a file called title.tex which should be followed on the next page (title verso) by the file copy.tex. but a blank page occurs between the two. Here is title.tex:

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\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no] \vskip .75in \midaligned{\tfd\ss\bf Inkscape} \vskip .30in \midaligned{\tfc\ss\bf for} \vskip .30in \midaligned{\tfd\ss\bf Book Cover Design} \vfil \midaligned{\tfb\ss\bf Open Source Solutions} \vskip .40in \midaligned{\tfb\ss\bf \authorname} \vskip .30in \midaligned{\bf \publisher} \stopstandardmakeup -------------------------------- And here is copy.tex: ----------------------------

\startstandardmakeup[page=no] {\bf \booktitle} {\obeylines Copyright \copyright\ 2013 \authorname

All rights reserved. \ISBN \vfil \publisher \street \citystatezip }

\stopstandardmakeup -------------------------------

I have tried \inputting the files and calling the files with \component. Can't get the blank page in between to disappear.

Add this line to your environment file:

\setupmakeup[standard][page=] % default: page=right

This line is necessary because standardmakeup block do force a right page by default.

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Thanks. That works. The 2001 manual updated says on page 98 that \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no] ....the front \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[page=no] ...the back \stopstandardmakeup should have eliminated the blank page. Hence my confusion. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html