[texhax] page number on the first page of the index

[Pierre MacKay]

On 09/06/2009 01:09 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
> I know that this doesn't answer your question (so
> I apologise in advance), but why would you want to
> suppress the printing of the page number on the
> first page of the index ?  If you do so, how can
> the index meaningfully appear in the table of
> contents ?
>
The outright omission of the page number on the first page of every 
chapter of a book or of each article in a journal is very often 
requested by the presses I work with.  It is more common in journals, 
often owing to the depth of a first-page copyright notice.  The page 
number  can still be given in the table of contents, and it does not 
seem to bother readers even when the first page iof an article is a 
recto and the preceding verso is absolutely blank.  I don't see any 
reason for suggesting that the practice can be carried on for indices 
and appendices, although I confess that I can't find any specific 
instances on my bookshelf.

Pierre MacKay