Re: Blank page in LaTeX/PDF output

[Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>]

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Attached is a simple file that demonstrates this. As is, it does not 
leave a blank page. But if you remove the num:nil option from the second 
line of this file, you do get a blank page.

You (probably) need koma-article class for this. (I didn't install 
anything. It just worked for me.) You don't need the images.

-pd

On 2/28/14, 8:21 PM, Peter Davis wrote:
>
> On 2/28/14, 7:38 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
>> John is correct, I think, although latex's behavior in leaving an empty
>> page does not make much sense to me. Nevertheless, when I reduce
>> the height of the last image to less than about 7.85 inches, the empty
>> page goes away. AFAICT, num: and toc: settings do not affect this
>> behavior.
>>
>
> Thanks, Nick, but I have confirmed that adding num:nil eliminates the 
> blank page, and removing that re-introduces the blank page. No other 
> changes to the .org file were made. I was wondering if LaTeX has some 
> predisposition to handle numbered section headings differently from 
> unnumbered ones as far as pagination.
>
> I'll try to make a simple, clean sample that reproduces it, but it's 
> going to take some trial-and-error testing.
>
> -pd
>

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#+STARTUP: showeverything logdone
#+options: num:nil toc:nil

#+LaTeX_CLASS: koma-article
#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\parskip}{2ex plus 4pt minus 2pt}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\topsep}{-10pt}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\partopsep}{0pt}
#+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [article,letterpaper,times,12pt,listings-bw,microtype]
#+author: Peter Davis (pdavis)
#+title: My Title

#+ATTR_LATEX: :height 6in
[[/Users/peterdavis/force_a_page_break.png]]

#+ATTR_LATEX: :height 6cm
[[/Users/peterdavis/AS3_2.png]]

/NOTE:/ User actio]ns are indicated in lowercase letters. Software responses are indicated in UPPERCASE LETTERS.

* Lexical Analysis

The following table contains the word "blah" a lot.

#+CAPTION:
#+ATTR_LATEX: :align lp{2.75in}p{2.75in}
|----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| *blah*         | *blah blah blah*                                         | *blah blah blah blah*                                                   |
|----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
| blah           | blah blah blah                                           | blah blah blah blah                                                     |
|----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

* Storyboard

#+ATTR_LATEX: :height 8.5in
[[/Users/peterdavis/tall_image.png]]