Page LayoutInstead of invoking \clearpage, how to update \thepage soon?

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yoyoimut
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Instead of invoking \clearpage, how to update \thepage soon?

Post by yoyoimut »

yoyoimut wrote:...Because I don't need labeling so the \pageref is irrelevant in my situation...
gmedina wrote: You don't need it, but you might use it to solve your problem, so it doesn't seem to be irrelevant.

I need the value of the page counter to be passed to \isodd command to specify special layout for odd pages only.

So your method does not guarantees the page counter consistent.


Thank you.

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yoyoimut
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Instead of invoking \clearpage, how to update \thepage soon?

Post by yoyoimut »

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum,multido,ifthen,xcolor}
\newcounter{UPC}
\newcommand{\UpdatePageCounter}%
{%
\stepcounter{UPC}\label{UPC-\theUPC}%
\ifthenelse{\isodd{\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
{\fbox{\Huge\color{blue}\bf\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
{\fbox{\Huge\color{red}\bf\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
}
\begin{document}
\multido{\i=1+1}{200}{%
%
\UpdatePageCounter
\lipsum[1]%
}
\end{document}
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Your method does not guarantee that the \pageref will give us the correct value.
daleif
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Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:46 am

Instead of invoking \clearpage, how to update \thepage soon?

Post by daleif »

with a bit of memoir magic

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum,multido,ifthen,xcolor}
\strictpagecheck
\newcounter{UPC}
\newcommand{\UpdatePageCounter}%
{%
\parnopar
\checkoddpage
\stepcounter{UPC}\label{UPC-\theUPC}
\ifoddpage
{\fbox{\Huge\color{blue}\bfseries\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
\else
{\fbox{\Huge\color{red}\bfseries\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
\fi
}
\begin{document}
\multido{\i=1+1}{200}{%
%
\UpdatePageCounter
\lipsum[1]%
}
\end{document}
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yoyoimut
Posts: 120
Joined: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:58 am

Instead of invoking \clearpage, how to update \thepage soon?

Post by yoyoimut »

I can solve it by placing an auxilary anchor \rule{0pt}{0pt} before \label{}.

Code: Select all

Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum,multido,ifthen,xcolor}
\newcounter{UPC}
\newcommand{\UpdatePageCounter}%
{%
\stepcounter{UPC}\rule{0pt}{0pt}\label{UPC-\theUPC}%
\ifthenelse{\isodd{\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
{\fbox{\Huge\color{blue}\bf\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
{\fbox{\Huge\color{red}\bf\pageref{UPC-\theUPC}}}%
}
\begin{document}
\multido{\i=1+1}{200}{%
%
\UpdatePageCounter
\lipsum[1]%
}
\end{document}
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