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real gate Nov 7, 2025, 4:55 AM

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Greetings everyone.
I'm here because I'm facing this wee trouble in typesetting a [openany]book class document I'm writing, that it inserts a blank page between the ToC and the first chapter for no apparent reason beyond having the first page of mainmatter start at an odd page:

    \tableofcontents

    \newpage
    \mainmatter
    \pagenumbering{arabic}
    \pagestyle{commonhf}
    %--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \chapter{Mechanical Changes and Additions}

Now, I can see the good reason behind this, but I'd still like to be able to bypass that, because I expect my document to be printed by mostly enthusiasts and I don't want it to waste their paper.

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 4:58 AM

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That is because a book has two sides, as opposed a scrollable "one-sided" PDF

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ah okay you've edited

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 4:59 AM

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I understand, but it's an enthusiast document and I'd hate to see people's paper wasted for no reason, and generally have it seamlessly work on paper of any size. I don't mind going against book formatting conventions for that.

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 5:00 AM

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then you should pass oneside to book

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if saving paper matters then make it more like a scrollable one-sided PDF

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 5:00 AM

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Probably should have attached it earlier but here's the full file.

📎 afoaf.tex

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 5:00 AM

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and forget about recto/verso config.

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 5:01 AM

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tropic schooner if saving paper matters then make it more like a scrollable one-sided PDF

That'd be a last resort, but people would also staple their documents on one side, so having the odd/even divide is very helpful.

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 5:02 AM

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ok then the next solution i would suggest is to redefine mainmatter

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which starts with cleardoublepage

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which is the culprit here

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 5:03 AM

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I see. May I request where I can find relevant documentation for the redefinitions?

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 5:07 AM

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oh actually don't even worry about redefinition

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\tableofcontents
    
- \mainmatter
+ \makeatletter \@mainmattertrue \makeatother
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\pagestyle{commonhf}

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this is all you need

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 5:09 AM

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That works. Thanks a lot for this.

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 5:09 AM

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no worries

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 5:12 AM

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Do I have to do anything to mark this as resolved?

tropic schooner Nov 7, 2025, 5:12 AM

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nah let it be

real gate Nov 7, 2025, 5:12 AM

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Alright. Thanks again. And have a great day.

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