extra whitespace on first page of LaTeX PDF

extra whitespace on first page of LaTeX PDF

[Peter Salazar]

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I'm using xelatex org-latex-to-pdf-process to convert org-mode to PDF.

I wanted a page break after the Table of Contents so I modified my
org-export-latex-classes and added:

\\makeatletter
\\g@addto@macro\\@cfttocfinish{\\clearpage}
\\makeatother

But now I have lots of extra whitespace on the page after the Table of
Contents, before the first text appears.

Has anyone run into this before?

Thanks,
Peter

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Re: extra whitespace on first page of LaTeX PDF

[Jos'h Fuller]

Hi!

> I wanted a page break after the Table of Contents so I modified my org-
> export-latex-classes and added:

Have you tried using \newpage instead of \clearpage?

When I want a page break after the TOC, I'll usually just drop a \newpage in just before the first heading like this:

    #+ORG_EXPORT_SETTINGS...
    \newpage
    * First Heading
    ** A Subhead

This seems to work satisfactorily. My understanding is that \newpage is what you use for regular pagebreaks, while \clearpage is for ending a chapter because it flushes out floating elements. This discussion on tex.stackexchange.com /may/ be helpful:

    http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/45609/is-it-wrong-to-use-clearpage-instead-of-newpage

Hope this helps!

(Disclaimer: This advice is worth what you paid for it... ; - )

Jos'h